Sometimes, it is the beauty we see in others Despite them not seeing it for themselves That shows us that, sometimes What some may see as flawed or imperfect Is nothing less than the rarest of beauty So many fail to see it in themselves That they begin to fail to see it on others, as well For it gets harder to trust and to love When so many only use their words as masks Deceiving those who hold true to respect and honor Until they fake their way in so as to take and abuse And then tear them down Oblivious to the pain they have inflicted Sometimes proud of it So many times causing such good hearted people To believe it is they who have done something wrong Until the loving person they were begins to fade Retreating in to a shell of depression, darkness, self loathing, and hopelessness Forgetting or denying how truly beautiful they are And when someone finally sees in another The same things they have failed to see in themselves It opens their eyes It awakens their soul As hearts start to mend Until there is beauty to be seen in the darkness again Never gone, but merely overlooked and ignored Once again shining forth in understanding There is someone, just as they, who knows what it is to suffer In every doubt, worry, and fear In wounds self inflicted or forced on by others Whether physically or emotionally And they begin to see the beauty in others, again, as well In honor, truth, sincerity, and respect Finally realizing for themselves much the same Despite those who merely pretend so as to take and to harm Until the darkness isn't so dark Loneliness isn't so lonely And even the worst of the pain can bring smiles Shared between two perfectly imperfect souls Who have found beauty in the world once again By finding beauty in each other, and in themselves When so many still refuse to see the same Finding beauty in the darkness Where once they could only find pain