Truth, much like beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Behold beauty what do you see?
I have been told beauty is only skin deep and that different people find different things beautiful. Let's not confuse beauty though with physical appearance because beauty has nothing to do with physicality. Don't get me wrong, you can most certainly say an object, person, etc. is beautiful but what are we really saying. I see and know people who I think are beautiful, they have a beautiful mind, a beautiful spirit or aura, or are physically beautiful but what does that mean?
To me beauty is more asthetic than something that is measurable. I see beauty as an ideal more than an adjective. To me beauty can be a feeling like, the beauty of the sun setting over the ocean offers peacful tranquility or it can be descriptive, the aura of her beauty made me double take and rethink my existence, I have a poem that describes my feeling of beauty versus pretty;
You Beauty,
do things to me Pretty never could
You're way more than skin deep
I swim deep into your spiritual abyss and hope I don't miss today's lesson
I'll still cross time and space
To place these words at your feet
My mouth can't speak
But my heart knows are true
You're the truth to me Beauty
From afar I star gaze at you like
You're the Milky Way's way of letting me know
God exists
You exist between my respirations
Making it difficult to breathe
You make it difficult to believe in reality because
Reality seems to be a figment of my imagination
And let's face it Beauty
You attract me in ways Pretty never could
Pretty was pretty damn good at catching my eye
But not holding my attention
You, you make me attentive
So I actively listen to the things you say and do
Because when I grow up I want to be just like you
Beautiful
Mentor me
Show me how so effortlessly and eloquently
You put things
So I may one day put things in a way that makes you smile
Because Beauty you make me smile
And I just wanted to write this note to let you know
You still amaze me
And to thank you for all of the times you unknowingly saved me
So thank you Beautiful
I absolutely loved this piece. Being a person who loves to write, sometimes I read other people's pieces and feel the topic so much that I question myself: Like why didn't I think of that? Lol. That's when you know that you have a gift because not only are you good at what you do, but people can relate to it and feel the power behind your words. And words DO have power. I thought that this piece was very insightful, inspirational and tasteful. And When I say tasteful, I mean that you came across in a positive way to describe two different types of women. I just loved it.
ReplyDeleteI'm just seeing your comment and I appreciate the compliment. That poem was written for a former co-worker who needed to be reminded of the truth. I'm glad you enjoyed it, I would like to read some of your work sometime.
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