I am beautiful because I have a friend that’s beautiful just like me.
She’s my god sister.
Once I was afraid to be beautiful.
My eyes are beautiful like a diamond.
Once I was afraid to see a dragonfly because I thought it’d sting me.
It didn’t sting me.
I am beautiful just like a poem
Or having a shiny gold strawberry for a heart.
It’s beautiful that I like to read even in the summer.
My heart is beautiful like a pink star shining on my whole family.
I love them so much.
I am beautiful.
This poem is published in The Light in My World, a compilation of original poetry written by young people ages 5 – 12 who stayed with their families in housing at Solid Ground’s Broadview Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing for women and children. The young authors who contributed to The Light in My World are not identified by their real names, and some details have been changed to protect the privacy and confidentiality of them and their families. The authors retain copyrights on their individual works.
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