True Beauty Inside

All my life I saw the goodness in the world In the great and little things… I had strived to bring more everywhere I could Like a flower in the spring Yet I was so unconscious of Where ugliness could cling Where such a pain might have festered Where I was needed to bring True beauty inside Not seeking glory, trying to justify I had let decay so long After years, I found my village left in ruin How I felt like such a fool… That I’d let her steal all beauty that she could To create an empty jewel And what I found there upon the throne In her abhorrent rule Was an old friend I cared about And I had let her turn so cruel All beauty outside Filling the palace, all an attempt to hide A curse born from an envious pride How our village cried I should have seen the cause of this great divide Now, I had to face her For beauty isn’t ours alone A thing to steal or hoard or own It is a light for all to see A well of life to let flow free And in the end, when I held her there I knew I had to prove Give up my beauty for everyone And even her too True beauty inside Shines on its own, all vanity aside Frees those who let ugliness hide All I could provide, all I can do To help out your village too I’ll do it to help you