😏 - Quirky Family Faces - 👀 👃 👄 👂

about beauty, age & happiness

Are you happy with what genetics gave you,
Or constantly looking at others genetical luck.
In your youth - abundant make-up did you pursue ?       

Celebrity faces frequently leave you awestruck.                

🙎                        

Your detailed scrutiny of our family's faces,

Of their eyes, their nose, mouth or ears.
Shows a fascinating array of familial traces,
That may please, or establish your private fears.
🙎🏻
Having smallish, squinty, or droopy eyes,
Or a shape of nose that’s a bit unflattering.
And a mouth design that won’t win a prize,
Or elephant sized ears that get folks a bantering.
🙎🏼
Ha ha!! Happily for you in these modern day years,
Your fears can now vanish with cosmetic surgery.       
No more folk making silly taunts leaving you in tears,         
Go now, parade your new face with confidence and dignity.       
🙎🏽

Remember though, beauty still fades with ageing years,
Find other interests, to distract your aesthetic obsession.
Become a person of activity, passion, delight, and cheers, 
‘Cos wrinkles and age lines are a chronological succession.
❤️

Don’t pursue beauty -- your happiness comes solely from within !!

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by Carola Hume / 27 Oct. 2019

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Well done Carola. A jaunty little write here which was fun to read, but also carries a message. Some of those cosmetic jobs are horrendous aren't they? I have to say you need guts to even contemplate it. I'm aging gracefully she says. Well what I mean by that is I am letting nature take its course. Good poem. Flows really well and is topical.

Chris

[Carola]

hi chris,
yes i'm not for cosmetic surgery, excepting for those unfortunate people born with deformed faces, or some sort of accident.
i'll go along with you let nature take it's course.
i think those indulge in this surgery are often unhappy people & they think & new face/body is going achieve happiness/ popularity/ or whatever !
cheerio carola

[Chris Shaw]

Agree with all you have said here Carola. Many thanks.

[Robert Trakofler]

If some people put half as much energy as they do on their appearance into their content! Well it’s an industry now and no shortage of customers:(

[Paul Bell]

Plastic surgeons must love the public, like vultures in waiting.
You get something done, then you get more, and before long you are one of the fully-fledged out of pocket plastic people.

[barleygirl]

As one who hasn't worn makeup, bra, or socks in decades, I enjoy how you poke fun in an easygoing way at those who are overly-concerned about appearances. I've seen this topic written about, but never with the familial ties you mention. This gives me the idea you are saying: do you really mean to reject your family? All in all, I'm blessed with good genes & few wrinkles (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i am more than content with my genetics...although not sure i want to live into my 90's as my parents did.
Not sure i am going to like this world much in twenty years...it is scary.
j.

[Samuel Dickens]

This is some very wise advice! I can see why someone with a serious issue might have a need for cosmetic surgery, but most do it out of vanity, I think. Yes, beauty on the outside will always fade, but perhaps not so with inward beauty.

[Carola]

unless you've had an accident or have some facial deformity, i think people who go for cosmetic surgery are socially insecure & very image conscious. it's not going to achieve happiness, popularity if they are unhappy people in the first place.

[emmajoy]

Should I have smiled way through your poem, Carola! Thought back about my teens, how nothing of mine was right but was told by one of my older logical sisters that I was stuck with the Me.. live with it! But there again, the view we display is so often influenced by media or peer pressure.. what is normal, natural and God or Nature given is not longer good enough for many. Just read again, what a clever witty writer you are and as such have added those emojis and made your post as bright as a new set of make.up!!

[Carola]

thanks emmajoy for reading & commenting, i'm pleased the poem gave you a smile.
in my youth i don't remember us kids being obsessed with our faces, we were more about how slow/fast your b***s were growing !

[emmajoy]

Unlike the Renoir ladies, mine never did, Carola!

[Carola]

luck you, & now in my older years i'm hoping they will NOT reach my navel !

[emmajoy]

HAAAAAAA... OH . J UST BRO KE A R BB, LA UGH IING

[emmajoy]

I H U RT.. P AIN

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[Carola]

it's good to have laugh 👍 😃 😆

[NotUsinganymore]

Very nice poem. I wish I had photos of my family, but I don't. I am also starting to forget what my father's face looks like and my sister's.

[Carola]

thanks for your comment.
re your family photos...
-- have you asked any of your extended family (ie. uncles, aunts, cousins) if by chance they have some old photos somewhere ?
-- or if you know the name & location of the school /college /university they attended, they usually do 'end of year' group photos, you could try writing to them & ask.
-- or did any of your family belong to a club / association of some type, try writing to them. they may have club newsletters that may have had some photos in them.
-- search newspapers if they had birthday photos in the 'personal' columns.
it's worth a try, but you'll have to do a bit of research.
cheerio carola

[NotUsinganymore]

The problem is that they're in North Korea and I can't contact them. When I escaped North Korea when I was a teen, I had nothing on me besides my clothes.

And we were pretty poor to afford photos let alone food.

[Carola]

how very sad for you !
is no-one from south korea even allowed to write a letter to family in the north ?? that's shocking.
maybe as time goes by things will change politically.

[NotUsinganymore]

I don't believe so. I don't think they'd get it or I don't know even if my mother is alive.

[Carola]

trust me, things will change 'cos NOTHING lasts forever.... look at the re-unification of germany, look how china changed after mao zedong, look how russia opened up after mikhail gorbachev.

i frequently write letters to politicians on issues that annoy me & also sign many petitions almost every day (mostly about animal welfare or justice for people.)

so jung lee, i would like to make you a suggestion, use your god given talents to write !
think about it, & if you need ideas let me know & i’ll give you some tips.
cheerio carola

[NotUsinganymore]

Thank you for your kind commments! c: Maybe it wil change I do't know.

[Carola]

write a short, (non-political) letter to your parents tell them what you're doing & include a photo of yourself & then ask how is their health.
if you don't write a letter you will NEVER KNOW for sure IF THEY CAN receive letters !!

if there is no postal service between the north & south you will have to send your letter to a friend outside of your country for them to post, or alternately if you go on holidays outside korea you can post it yourself.

if you have forgotten their address use google earth to search their town & see if you can find their street.
here is a link (a true story made into a movie) of an indian boy who got lost as a 5 year old child, was later adopted by an australian couple, & after a 4 year search using google earth, he found the street he used to live in as a child in india. https://www.thebetterindia.com/66294/saroo-bierley-google-earth-khandwa-tasmania/

cheerio carola

[NotUsinganymore]

Thank you. I guess I could try.

[Carola]

Just do it !
Remember to put your own address on the back of the envelope in case your letter is undelivered needs to be returned to you. then you will know they have either moved house & the postal service returned the letter to you, or the authorities didn't allow it & kept the letter.
you will feel better for having at least tried.
cheerio carola

[NotUsinganymore]

Thank you.