I’ve been too lazy to update this blog, though I’ve been writing like crazy on Facebook. It’s too much work to update multiple things, and that’s why this blog has suffered.
I found out today that I received the grant I applied for, to publish my book of fairytale poems, so I’m going to start publishing those here again.
I hope my poems will change lives, by help the people who read them recognize the wrong things that society has been teaching us, and replacing them with better lessons.
This is my newest fairytale poem.
—
The Ugly Duckling
was never a duckling,
because the Ugly Duckling
was never a duck.
It was judged by everyone
for being something it wasn’t,
so of course,
it was found to turn up short.
It went from animal to animal
and place to place
looking for where it could
fit in and feel safe.
It didn’t have anyone to tell it
it was really a swan.
It didn’t have anyone to tell it
that there was nothing wrong.
It hid itself away all winter
because everyone abused it
because everyone called it ugly
because it didn’t fit their conception of “pretty”.
It shouldn’t have been judged in the first place.
Who are we to call
a grey baby
uglier than a
yellow baby?
Who are we to judge babies?
Babies are the purest,
most innocent beings there are
— untouched by hate and judgment.
Babies don’t judge.
You should never judge a baby,
because a baby never judged you,
and if you don’t want to be judged
and you want the judging in this world to end,
then the first person you need to start with
is you.
The Ugly Duckling did not grow up to be beautiful;
the Ugly Duckling did not need to transform
to be beautiful.
The Ugly Duckling was a swan from Day 1
— it is us who are ugly
for saying otherwise.
The Ugly Duckling triumphed despite your labels.
The Ugly Duckling shed its grey down,
and replaced them with pure white feathers.
The Ugly Duckling stayed pure,
and found its true self in the end.
The Ugly Duckling was a success
because it stayed true to itself.
When we hold on to who we are,
and stay true to who we are
and who we’re supposed to be,
one day,
others will recognize it,
and appreciate what they didn’t.
We can’t let others get us down
— we can’t let others convince us to change ourselves
to be something we are not.
They are wrong,
and we are right,
and we have to hold fast to that.
Let the Swan show you
that you WILL triumph,
as long as you stay true to who you are
always.
No creature is better than anyone else.
We ALL have a purpose.
morals:
- every creature is beautiful
- comparing apples to oranges doesn’t make sense
- judging starts with you
- staying true to who we are is the ultimate triumph
tigrrface 