You are beautiful

Every morning when I wake

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Before I get out of bed

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

While I get dressed

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Eating my Lucky Charms

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Brushing my teeth

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Putting on my makeup

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Doing my hair

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Getting I’m my car

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Looking in the mirror

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

During my drive

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Singing with the radio

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

When I get to work

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

as my boss yells at me

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

On my lunch break

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Eating my salad

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

While life lets me down

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Before I clock out

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Getting in my car

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Heading to the bar

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

When I see a cute guy

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

And I catch his eye

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

After I buy his drink

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

When he sits next to me

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

While we both laugh

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

When he invites me home

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

As we walk outside

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

When he grabs my hair

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

And he threw me down

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

As he kicks my face

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

And he calls me a fake

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

As the hits keep coming

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

After he spits on me

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

And he finally leaves

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

While I cry and I scream

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

First responders on the scene

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

While the cop’s judging me

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

In the emergency department

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

When they stitch my eye

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

On the cab ride home

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

After the driver says I lie

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Crying in the shower

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

When again I brush my teeth

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

And see I’m missing three

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

As I lay to go to sleep

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

All I can do is weep

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Whether I be in drag

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Or gay or bi or trans

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Too skinny or too tall

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

Too big or too small

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

If I walk or I crawl

I tell myself, you are beautiful.

So if this speaks to Y’all

You tell yourself, you are beautiful.

A little or not at all

You tell yourself, You are beautiful.

You are beautiful.