"So You're Pretty ... So You're Not..."

A day's views of a day's views.

 

 

So you're pretty... so you're not... You care - a lot, don't you?  or do you?  Do you even know I'm sitting here right now, head tilted just this way.  My eyes half-open, my mind barely holding its own as thoughts of how you are - whirl and float and flow and RUN soooooooo fast.

 

One instant - you GLOW!  The next, you shrink and seem to try so hard to disappear - to not be - to not ...be.  I see your eyes.  They focus and wander and focus - pause, return.  Lovely butterflies on life's breeze, pausing and darting, unseeing, shimmering and ...and leaving, going ...fading ...somehow lost and oh so more precious than my next breath will ever be.

 

I guess this isn't about you ...never was, really, about you.  It's my tear that glistens as you go back and forth, back ...and forth.  And yes you're pretty and no you aren't... but then it's all in my eyes isn't it... my mind, my eyes, our "I's" ...how and where you are.  How we each perceive we are.  What is real and when it isn't as real as we thought we were.  God knows less about me and it isn't even noon on yet another Tuesday.

 

Yet another Tuesday - after all.

 

Chris

 

 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[olla]

I tell my clients all the time that their magic mirror lies to them.. mine.. of course.. never tells me anything but the truth.. um.. I think.. it is really important that we look at ourselves through the eyes of our beloved.. theirs see so much clearer than ours do..

[Stevvy Hopson]

I really love the way you word things.
It's like the words come to life as you read them.

[Frieda P]

Perception is everything, we can change our perception in an instant too, so does that person change or do we? Lots of good thoughts and fodder to chew on and dissect and/or digest. Well said Chris.

[Constance Payne]

It is funny how we see one thing as both beautiful and not at the same time depending upon our perception at the moment. Very nice.

[Emerald Seas]

Hmm... So much to pull out of this - thought full, as I think you would say. I often think others' views of me are off the mark. I grow quiet many times for completely opposite reasons than what others believe to be the case. However, as long as I know, and am not lost, that is all that really matters in the reason for my actions (or lack there of). We are complicated beings - and then again, we're not. ;)

[Prritiy]

I guess this isn't about you ...never was, really, about you. .........

.... How we each perceive we are. What is real and when it isn't as real as we thought we were.

rightly said. liked this different kind of 'time period' story.
best wishes

[lee von cleef]

the self hides so well, and I yield the floor, to beauty.

[Chris]

so many questions... ya know?

[The-Lonely-Idealist]

I think everyone can relate to this. It's that moment when you've been starring at someone for so long, and you start to see all these tiny details about them. In those moments you understand them a little more and can actually see what they're feeling and thinking. Very well done. A strongly conveyed message, indeed.

[Zap-the-awesome]

For some reason readin this reminds me of when I stare at a person so long that they don't even look familiar anymore. Is that just me? Very good work.

[written in blood]

oh the Imagery I have of someone studying another person, analyzing their every move and thought!!! this was actually very entertaining for me, since I am guilty of doing that at times when I write!! lol.. great write!

[Chris]

It was nice of you to pause with me... seems each of us "sees" what we see until we come back later and see something else and even then the chamelion breathes and the colors - shift.

[written in blood]

you are correct!! lol