I am Not a Ten

I am not a ten.

 I am not even a seven

 but those arbitrary numbers that so many seem to lean on

are based on the outside.

 On the outside a house may appear nice,

 But it’s the inside that determines if a house is a home.

So a girl may be drop dead sexy

 But it’s not appearances that make a woman.

 It’s how she acts,

How she treats herself.

 What she thinks of beauty and what she wants from life.

 Do you really want a girl who’s spent her whole life in a store?

In a salon spending money she never had to work for?

 I may not be a seven

But I’ve fought fights harder than who gets to own the designer shoes.

I've laughed more than at the cookie cutter comedies and people out of fashion.

 I've learned more than what’s in style and how to swipe daddy’s credit card.

So I won't apologize for not being a ten

For not being a seven

  I’m worth more than a number

And I’m just looking for a man who sees reality

 rather than the price tags girls put on themselves