Garden of Beauty

Don't tell me

That I am a rose in a field of daisies

Do not 

Do not put others down

Just to make me feel pretty 

I do not want to be compared

To other beautiful and unique

Individuals

As if they are a mass of dullness

And normality

Simply because you think

That I am set apart from them

Just because I am more beautiful to you

Does not mean

That he doesn't think that she

Is the most gorgeous thing he's ever seen

Just because my words move you

More than anyone else you know

Does not mean 

That the words he whispers in his ear

Don't give him such life that he feels

As though he can take on the whole world

Just because my body is the one map of skin

That you could explore forever

Does not mean

That when she touches her she doesn't feel

As though a trillion sparks rise to the surface of her skin

Electricity flowing from her fingertips

Tremors in her voice, unable to think 

Because it's almost overwhelming

I am not a rose in a field full of daisies 

I am one flower

In a garden full of beauty

Every plant unique in itself

I just happen to be the one

Most beautiful to you

j.p.