Beauty isn't Vain

A Poem by Brooklyn

I hear some people say that beauty is vain

But I would have to disagree

Let’s take a journey

Let me show you what I mean

She was 8 years old

Her stage 4 cancer had come back

Her hair was gone, her face was pale

She was too weak to even laugh

But when she heard about the newly sick patient

The one across the hall

She managed to escape her bed

And greet the crying girl

She held her hand and simply smiled

For she knew she could relate

Now tell me that’s not beautiful?

Is beauty really vain?

He was 24 that year

The year he married his bride

With their first child coming on the way

He was soon deployed

1 year later, he stepped off that plane

American soil at last

And there he fell onto his knees

As he saw the love of his life

He ran to her and tears were shed

As he held his little girl for the very first time

Now tell me that’s not beautiful?

Is beauty really vain?

60 years together now

He never left her side

He would do absolutely anything for her

He would even give his life

And that day he did as an organ donor

It was all he had to give

He lost his life after the accident

But it allowed his wife to live

Now tell me that’s not beautiful?

Is beauty really vain?

Giving, sharing, relating, and loving

Don’t tell me these are vain

Beauty isn’t just appearance

Beauty is not vain

You have to look really deep to see it

But I promise you it’s there

Look in the actions, look in the soul

For beauty exists there

© 2014 Brooklyn

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Ashwin Shanker

I think this poem should be the answer to all those FAKE ads that companies like Dove makes. I think Beauty can't be seen, it can only be felt; and you need a live beating heart to feel it too. Love is Beauty, it makes the world go around. I loved this poem. Made my day.