This is my remix of an awesome poem written by Abdullah Shoaib called “Pretty Ugly” published in 2017. You can read our poems two ways. They really stress the importance of the affirmations that we tell ourselves. All we have to do is flip our thinking up.. side… down…
Original Poem “Pretty Ugly”
I’m very ugly
So don’t try to convince me that
I am a very beautiful person
Because at the end of the day
I hate myself in every single way
And I’m not going to lie to myself by saying
There is beauty inside of me that matters
So rest assured I will remind myself
That I am a worthless, terrible person
And nothing you say will make me believe
I still deserve love
Because no matter what
I am not good enough to be loved
And I am in no position to believe that
Beauty does exist within me
Because whenever I look in the mirror I always think
Am I as ugly as people say?
(Now read bottom up)