learning about beauty
Being a beauty professional has been
16 years of experiencing people look at their reflections.
Adjusting what they see so they can feel themselves even more.
So they can show up to their lives with confidence,
radiance, change, renewed refreshment.
Learning about beauty
By learning how to alter it, engage with it,
Carve it, color it, mold it,
Speak it out, and into existence.
Seeing it in people, showing them,
Reminding them of their beliefs…
Before the world made them forget
Learning about beauty
By being immersed in it
Seeing it out in the world, through God
Seeing it in nature
Untouched
The most patient of artists
Seeing it in the unseen
And bringing it home.
Learning about beauty
By looking myself in the eyes every day
Smiling at my reflection before
Trying to change it, hide it, clean it
And falling in love with who I see
Learning about beauty
By allowing every part of myself free
Especially the parts I’ve hated
The parts I’ve hidden, suppressed, lied to
Feeling her, accepting her
Letting her wave through me
Seeing her as a part of my reflection
So I can actually see my whole self
Connecting to her, comforting her,
Giving her the compassion she’s been denied
The compassion she’s been starving for
That’s beauty to me
That’s what I’ve learned
That’s what I know to be true.