Beauty is inclusive

Even when beauty was no longer skin deep

The slopes of traditional beauty were narrow and steep

I now applaud the Miss Universe beauty pageant

For being inclusive to a much greater extent

I wonder how beauty standards were so constrained

Within narrow walls, why women only with few characteristics reigned

The beauty of many women multi-faceted

Had been ignored and underestimated

The barriers of size, attire and gender definition

Have been broken in one stroke, ending an arbitrary tradition

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The world is inclusive even if society is not

Let society discard its archaic thoughts

To include all citizens of this planet

Diversity is inherent in the natural world and yet

Society has trampled diverse voices to exercise

Control so that one group can dominate and rise

It is time to demolish that hegemony

Like the natural world, we should embrace inclusivity