Synthetic Beauty

A poem discussing the use of cosmetics, and perhaps why they are best not used, or at least used at a minimum.

From use of oils, of creams, of powders and dyes

Have generations formed an image of beauty,

But what external source is it worth to hide the

Beauty that does underlie?

Beneath castoreum, wax base, and iron rust,

Beneath toxic arsenic and colored mineral.

Beneath all this is the countenance that is just

Purely, simply beautiful.

Why then must cosmetics be used, why must this be?

Why, when your initial endowments enthrall me,

Do you apply only more unnatural substance,

Just more synthetic beauty?

Reviews

[Abderrahmane Dakir]

I have to thank you for these deep words. All we need is just the natural products and smile from the purely heart.

[Mario Claiborne]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it, sir.