Pretty face, don't mean pretty heart.

A new poem.

Pretty face, don't mean pretty heart..

He told the sea, he told the Black Velvet he held tightly in his hands.

Everything that is pretty, sometimes isn't truly pretty.

Can be just be a canvas for a pretty picture,

waiting to steal your heart and your thoughts.

Pretty face don't mean a pretty heart,

something the pretty things are hiding their true face behind their smiles and laughter.

The ancient writers wrote, beware of the fake world,

beware of the fake words, beware of things, 

you know that are impossible to grasp and keep.

What is natural or made-up? We must have patience.

We must open up the book of another and

see what they really are in the light of day.

It is fair to say,

we will play the angel and we will play the devil.

I wonder?

Who decide, who is the victor?

Dancing Coyote

Author's Note

Thank you for reading.

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

As the saying goes: "Beauty is in the eye of the behold."
I prefer inner beauty, good personality, natural self. I despise two- faced people, fake ones, hypocrites.
Boy! You raised a great subject. We have lots and lots of those in every society.
An excellent poem and subject, Coyote of Great Michigan.

[Coyote Poetry]

Me too Sami. Thank you for reading and the comment my friend.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome sir Coyote

[Fran Marie]

Difficult to know what lies
beneath the surface.. the fakery .
is prevalent in today's world
filled with artificial /plastic people
Hollywood comes to mind with
people playing the angel while
doing the devils bidding ..just my
opinion..such wisdom in your writing
you really touch down on some
great points within your poem
I enjoyed reading..
nice work

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you dear Fran for reading and the comment. We must befriend someone to know them.

[Betty Hermelee]

Pretty means nothing (or is fake) if your heart is not pretty....it goes much deeper..and in the deep one really knows what a person is like....take your time and see what's inside before you decide...
lovely and important...
Best, B

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Betty and thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Betty Hermelee]

My pleasure dear John
Warmly, B

[red93]

Fabulous meditation Coyote in which you probe an ancient truth. 'It's the pretty ones you have to watch'. They are often up to no good. Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you my friend for reading and the comment.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Beauty is skin deep
Peel off the passion fruit skin it’s wrinkled skin shows marvellous yummy inside fruit
Peel off our makeup our skin treatments our hair styles leave us bare free to show who we are under the colours

Ps I haven’t been to a hair dresser since pre lockdown and I’ve never been to a beauty salon


You can’t judge a book by any cover
Good write John

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right dear Julie. I had less haircuts. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

How long is your hair now.
I’m growing mine
I’ve had shortish hair most of life snd like to think at 64 it’s my last chance

[Coyote Poetry]

Too long. Almost a pony tale dear Julie. My Ojibwa blood ensure my hair never stop growing.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

I told my aging very conservative partner to grow his hair into a bun and get a tat yesterday did he laugh
Sometimes I want a hippy to come out of us all
Your reference to the blood I must look up I presume First Nations

[Coyote Poetry]

One of the First Nations. My father had dark and long hair till his death dear Julie.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

How wonderful
I just looked up the quote
Thanks John have a great night

[Rifatt Mir]

“What is natural or made-up? We must have patience”

It takes time for pretty faces to reveal who they really are and we ought to be patient to be able to judge what is and what isn’t.

Love love this piece of writing.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right dear Rifatt and thank you for reading and the comment.

[W. Barrett Munn]

Very interesting Johnnie. More philosophical than usual but that’s good sometimes to mix it up.

Winston

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Winston and thank you for reading and the comment.

[Sharrumkin]

The problem with insisting on a victor is that someone becomes a loser. In love both are victors.
I have been married for fourty years to my wife. She is as pretty now as when we courted. Faces change, but the face I love is still there.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree. Me and wife. Almost thirty years. When we dated. Some people are running toward us and some people are running away from us. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[DIVYA]

The inside and the outside are two such different things.

Leading to such divergent places and yet we often make the mistake of connecting the two.

Another great poem, dear Coyote.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you dear Divya for reading and the comment. I agree my dear friend.

[DIVYA]

Always a pleasure to stop by your pages, my friend. You're most welcome.

[JessyJacob]

Hi Coyote, great work of words and song, you do use fables with short sayings. Nice, i like to write same most of them are fading off with new slangs which are so awful like lizard for old purse i dont know that, carzy, how come you have great friend circle. i miss my lady chubby, now she is not though where is she,she is my bestie though i never talked to her. i lkie the green grass one - i dont know how to say in hindi but in telugu it is dhoorapu kondalu nunupu. Trust me, friends are not made just like that, there are bonds which make people to get attached too, i know my best, he is fine.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Jessy for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.