I am beautiful | Arwa Abo el Ela | TEDxYouth@BedayiaSchool

[Music]
when I was a child my confidence was
wild
so they got put to the test it failed no
one would believe that ship sailed when
I was a child I believed I was great but
I left the words of others affect my
mental states when I was still a child
but my confidence was a little more mild
I used to cry always wondering why
people said I was ugly too loud too dumb
and trust me
at first I didn’t care but more and more
people started to share what they what I
thought was the truth
it wasn’t sometimes I need to remember
that sometimes and to look in the mirror
and say I am beautiful but I don’t
sometimes it’s hard to say the words I
wrote but I’ll try just as I will try
not to choke out the cry that escapes me
my bones are shaking I’m so sick of
faking that I am happy that I’m okay
that every day I do not sway or hesitate
my skin aches in agony my heart heavy
like my life is a felony it’s not I may
not be perfect but who is I want the
words out I want to live so I do I look
in the mirror I don’t
Beauty I don’t see grace I smile not a
trace of pain of sadness no I will fake
it till I make it I am beautiful I look
at myself I am beautiful
I go to everyone I know I shout I am
beautiful I stand on every rooftop and
scream I am beautiful
slowly I will realize a look until my
own eyes and say I am beautiful
[Applause]