Her pictures show one beauty
But not the one that’s best
For within her lies the real treasure
Trying to be hidden by her past

She wishes the outside “perfect”
Even now she knows her doubts
Not much longer will she feel this
Unneeded unholy doubt

This simple bard doth know
Aphrodite and Cleopatra
Of her beauty would surely jealous be

As do I surely know
It is her inner strength and beauty
That was the real hook for me

The past is past
Her beauty shines
Radiating from within

No longer
Will the darkness hold her down
Her middle fingers pointed like her crown

It’s the inner beauty and her strength
And love that lay within
That forms the light
That shines so bright
Evil cannot win

Infused her it has
With purpose to move ahead
Shouldering away
The doubts she had
That others did implant

Now fortified is she
For the fights that lay ahead
She’s now shining brighter
Than the moon and stars overhead

Into the darkness
Of others’ pasts
Her light will shine a beacon’s lance

To light the path
Others will follow
To find their own light
And rejoice upon the morrow

Some will say
Silence must stay
For now they fear her light

No longer silent will she be
Without a fight
For she is worth too much to her
To go quietly into the night

For the strength of titans
She now holds
In the brightness of her light

And for these reasons
I wrote this ode
May her light forever keep shining bright