Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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Beautiful

As I came out of my skin
I had no idea
How beautiful I was when I bloomed
I was white, yellow, blue, and green
Me

And as I thought to myself
The sky is blue
The grass is green
Dotted with pictures
My past, my present
This is how it was meant to be
I am Me