Create
being here with you makes me beautiful
laying on this plastic mattress
revealing in the fluorescent lighting
discussing who we'd screw
and why we are who we are
laughing with you
casually taking in your body
the slightest glance from you
fills my body with heat, fills my mind with pride
and I'm no longer ashamed
and I can't understand the ignorance
how anyone could hate this
something so pure and easy
something so amazingly simple
moving to the throbbing beat
thinking about nothing except everything
when you walk over, grin and ask why I'm smiling
and I laugh cause I could nver put into words
why being here with you makes me beautiful.
By Jessica Royster, VA
2003 KarMel Scholarship Entry