Beautiful

Tonight, I was beautiful.

I knew it in my bones

I felt it in my soul.

It wasn't the kind of beautiful in magazines

Or the beauty of the stars

But the beauty of a thousand atoms coming together to form an imperfect smile

And to smudge some doubt away.

Feeling beautiful, truly beautiful

Is rare

And as sad as that might be

When you do feel it...

There is nothing more glorious.

There is nothing more amazing.

It's when the universe gives a standing ovation and you feel it in your chest that everything is going to be okay.

Even if it's only tonight.

-AshleyAnne