FLAWED?

FLAWED? by Hassanah

“…loving ones uniqueness in itself makes one beautiful”

This is one of my favourite written works. It clearly reiterates that loving ones uniqueness in itself makes one beautiful.

I can’t imagine

why they keep cringing

With their gazes terrifying

And their stares penetrating

The very skin they deem unfit

Ugly, flawed,deficit

Its uneven colouration

Attracting demeaning attention

The abundant arrays

Of freckles on my face

The strange blending

Of rays and little of melanin

For these covers your look abhors

Is no different from yours

Why can’t you see

Its beauty on me

These imperfections of mine

In many ways define

My uniqueness

My completeness

This is my skin

And its the most beautiful

you’ve ever seen.

This photograph by Yusuf Sanni makes me love it even more.

It was also part of Photo with a Poem exhibition at ARCREATE 1.0 which held in February this year.

You can check out Yusuf Sanni’s works on his website: www.yusufsanni.com

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