Poem: “You Are Pretty” by Prince Quality

YOU ARE PRETTY

Poets are not beautiful

I know this

because everybody rushes to solve the pretty girl’s problems

Nobody gives an ear to theirs so they cry out in their poems

Every drop of ink is tear, longing for solace

Poets are not beautiful

I know this

because everybody wants to relate with the handsome guy

So they listen when he talks, no one gives the poet an eye

In-between the pages of his notepad, the poet cries

Poets are not beautiful

Because if we were beautiful we’d not be poets

We dipped our tongues in silver because our faces alone cannot attract a mate

If we did not need a mask we would not hide behind words

Poets are not beautiful

We are a tragedy

We wish to be Shakespeares but really we are Romeos and Juliets

Relegated to only appeal to intellectuals

Because our beauty lies in the third eye if our minds

PRINCE QUALITY