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