Flipping the script on the poem "Pretty Ugly" by Abdullah Shoaib.

I'm very ugly

So don't try to convince me that

I am a very beautiful person

Because at the end of the day

I hate myself in every single way

And I'm not going to lie to myself by saying

There is beauty inside of me that matters

So rest assured I will remind myself

That I am a worthless, terrible person

And nothing you say will make me believe

I still deserve love

Because no matter what

I am not good enough to be loved

And I am in no position to believe that

Beauty does exist within me

Because whenever I look in the mirror I always think

Am I as ugly as people say?

(Now read from bottom to top)

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Attributions:

"By My Side" from the album "Ancient Shadows" by Ecepta.

https://ecepta.bandcamp.com

https://soundcloud.com/ecepta

"Past Tense" by Savfk | https://www.youtube.com/savfkmusic

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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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"Borealis" by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley

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