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

[cheyenne s garcia]

So lovely to read.
Great work.

All my love - Cheyenne

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you dear Cheyenne for reading and the kind words. I do appreciate.

[Neville]

I totally get this my friend .. Some things and mighty often, are not what they might first seem .. the way they want to be seen that is .. Yet you have poemed something really quite splendid from the dark ugliness and falsely posed beauty that arounds us ... Neville

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Neville. Old wise saying. The grass may look more greener on the other side of the fence. But you may learn too late. You were where you suppose to be. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Neville]

always a pleasure C and invariably mine sir .. N

[Chris Shaw]

So true. Like flowers in the garden. The lily of The Valley and deadly nightshade are fine specimens to look at, but both are toxic. Beauty is more than skin deep.

Chris

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Chris. Thank you for reading and the amazing comment.

[Chris Shaw]

You are welcome my friend.

[Wicahpi]

I guess we will call find out on Judgement Day! Thank you sharing your writing with us.

[Coyote Poetry]

Or maybe after a wedding, if not careful. Thank you dear friend for reading and the comment.

[Soyam]

Splendidly luminous and beautiful. It's true, a beautiful face doesn't ever mean a beautiful heart. That's why it's important to understand and to love the eternal soul. Beauty of face fades with time but of heart is immortal. Just like soul.

Thanks for the beautiful work sir.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Soyam. We need to talk with someone. Learn who they are. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I am looking at the portrait and sense it is a painting over a painting. The real one is underneath.
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

Yes you are right Jacob. We must learn the dirty things of another to understand them. Thank you for reading and the comment.