Creative poetry - Still Beautiful.

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Carly Swannell                                                                Creative Writing

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Still Beautiful 

Flesh torn away from bone.
That's how much it hurts,
To see you wasting away,
Watching this happen to you.

Tell me am I still beautiful?

It's all you can utter to me,
The only thing you care about.
Through all of life's trials,
You've still retained your vanity.

So am I still beautiful?

I have to look away from you,
Your ravaged body so tragic,
If only you'd been happy before,
Realised you were beautiful then.

Look at me, am I still beautiful?

And so I look again,
Past your delicate bony body.
In through your bloodshot eyes,
The windows of your heart and soul.

Can you see if I'm still beautiful?

Within I can ...

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