Pretty for the people

Getting called pretty,
means nothing if you can’t feel it,
see it, be it to the maximum potential.

Try to change your randomly generated face given to you, 
through years of arranged marriage.
True love had nothing to do with it.

You’ll get called mop-head till curls are back in style,
and too dark till summer comes around.
You’ll have to tick “other” on documents,
you’re obviously not an option.
You'll never fully understand what you truly look like but you try.

You get called pretty,
yet you let it in one ear and slip out the other.
You get called ugly,
and it sticks till you’ve earned their approval.

Getting called pretty means nothing, you’re just pretty for the people.