Dont tell her shes smart, funny, intriguing, or powerful.
Shell roll her eyes, refute your admiration.
Its not the kind of praise she wants or needs.
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Never tell a broken girl shes beautiful because youll waste your time articulating this concept she cant comprehend.
Her brokenness convinces her thatbeautifulis something shell never be, thatbeautyis something better than her, beauty wasntmeantfor her.
Never tell a broken girl shes beautiful, because she doesnt see what you see.
When a broken girl looks in the mirror thats all she sees, her brokenness.
Her eyes only see flaws, and if they dontseeflaws, her ears hear them.
And she feels them too.
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She feels these hurtful thoughts like accidental paper cuts, seemingly small yet infinitely painful.
And then she believes them.
She builds walls higher than anyones willing to climb.
She thinks shes protecting herself, but all shes protecting is her brokenness.
Everynot good enoughtires her, every magnified flaw slows her down.
Shewishesshe could, but a broken girl wont realize that shecan.
A broken girl wont realize that shes the only person standing in her way.
A broken girl wont realize she can make herownway.
A broken girl doesnt realize shes the only reason shesstillbroken.
They tested her strength, her endurance, her ability to just keep going.
A broken girl doesnt realize that its okay to be weak when youre struggling.
Its okay to let the hardships stop you in your tracks.
Sometimes a broken girl just needs tofeelbroken to make it realize its just that, a feeling.
That the person who she truly is can neveractuallybebroken.
We all feel a little broken sometimes.
We feel it, but we dont become it.
And yes, you are beautiful.
