AUTHOR: Sub Rosa
TITLE: Beauty
WORDCOUNT: 203
PAGE COUNT: 1
Femslash
T
SUMMARY: /I have only the strength to exist/ Gelphie. Elphaba POV. Bookverse.
Beauty is not mine, nor is goodness
If such a thing exists
Love is for the beautiful
Love is for the good
That's why they all love you
It's all about popular
If I were stronger I could change myself
Make myself over
As a girl to be seen and held and adored
I could be loved
If just for a moment
If I were weaker I could let myself be changed
Give myself over
As a piece of clay to be molded and created and morphed
I could love
Unpunished
If I changed myself
Then perhaps I could be all I dream to be
Powerful and beautiful
I could make my father proud
If I let myself be changed
Then perhaps I could be all you need me to be
Soft and loving
I could let you love me
Beauty is creation
Goodness is creation
But I am not strong enough to create
Not weak enough to be created
I have only the strength to exist
Unchanging and unchanged
Wanting
Needing
Tragedy
To change somehow
Into something
I wish…
No, don't wish
Don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
Not a wish then
But a plea
For everything
For nothing
For you
