The Beauty That's Already There

 

Its all there

Right in front of our eyes

But we can’t see it

The beauty

Of a cliff over the woods

Only reachable

By an old road

My family knew about

I think back

To how you hand felt in mine

The simplicity of that moment

Nothing in the world could have broken it.

A horror movie

With your girlfriend

Who screams

And grabs onto you

Without even

Recognizing it,

Something special about it,

Something you can’t forget

I haven’t.

A wedding

Surrounded by white lace

Silk and satin

Bells ringing

People singing

A moment of perfection

Burnt into your memory.

But people

These days

Fail to recognize

What beauty really is

Trying to hide it

Behind gloss and colors

Turning a look of innocence

Into the visage

Of a clown.

It saddens me

To see this happen

Knowing

But having to stand on the sidelines

And watch it all be ruined

By a material need

So

I stand

Watching

Looking for that beauty

That doesn’t try to hide.

Reviews

[Eunice Crankyponts]

Wow - the look of innocent in to the visage of a clown..

Inherent beauty behind a mask.