Appearance



Ugly! That's what you are;

But she said your definition  of beauty is bizarre.

Horrendous face, terrible features;

She replied, I'm also one of the divine's creatures.

The purity of heart, a pinch of talent and a gash of empathy; yes that's precisely what beauty was, and will ever be

She turned tone deaf to all the derogatory remarks and boxed her way out.

She practiced and practiced and got in good books of a talent scout

Boxing was her passion, boxing was what had made her proud.

One fine day, she got up and was dazzled by the flashes of camera lights,

She was booming with pride, shining like a star bright;

A beauty undefined, unique in her own way

She was beautiful and she knew it, all along her stay

She entered the stage, making the crowds go frenzy,

That day her critics realized, you can't call a world champion ugly.

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A poem on appearance validating the point that looks are deceptive..

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Submitted by Himanshu25 on June 17, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme A A B B C D D X X X E E C C
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 820
Words 153
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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