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Don'T Hate Her

Don't hate her because she's beautiful Or envy that she's hot She is all about appearances It consumes her every thought Try to look a little closer Past the makeup and the hair Beauty has little value If a person doesn't care Looks are her priorities She doesn't work on what's inside People tell her she's beautiful She gorges on her pride She's an emotional anorexic Soul food she refuses to eat Her behavior reinforced When people fall at her feet She craves the admiration The attention she receives Pretty is her curse In the end it's her disease She becomes a caricature Her illusion to maintain Fighting the mirror and time Over and over again I appreciate a beautiful woman but the Beauty has to emanate from a much deeper place for me to truly appreciate it. The most beutiful women I have met have become more beautiful with each word they have spoken. We need to stop emphasizing the physical when we raise our children, we will then raise up a generation of truly beautiful people.

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Casarah Nance

Date: 7/16/2014 7:05:00 PM

Oh man, you just won my heart! I've never been one of the beautiful people, and I appreciate it when guys see girls for the inner beauty not the outter shell, beautiful poem :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/17/2014 8:00:00 AM

I'm so glad you like it, have you read my poem "The Perfect Womens club"?

Eileen Manassian

Date: 5/1/2013 9:01:00 PM

Richard...I wish all men thought like you do. I mean...ideally speaking inner beauty should win out, but....it isn't often the case. Beautiful can be an asset. Ah...to be a beauty queen WITH personality would be ideal. You write was perfect in every single way. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/2/2013 7:31:00 AM

Thanks Eileen. The ones who see beauty where others cannot have a treasure to themselves.

Audrey Haick

Date: 11/27/2012 7:25:00 PM

Say it agan", Richard. Maybe we will all finally listen..as you said maybe we will raise children who will know how really beautiful they are...just as they were made...unique and precious! Thank you so much for writing and sharng this! Always, Annalise

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/27/2012 7:59:00 PM

Thanks Annalise, you are sweet

Laura Street

Date: 11/8/2012 2:47:00 AM

Nice :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/8/2012 7:34:00 AM

Thanks Laura. I appreciate the time you took to read some of my poems.

Jon A Cavanaugh

Date: 11/6/2012 7:02:00 AM

Great message Richard.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/6/2012 7:39:00 AM

Thanks Jon

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 11/5/2012 7:41:00 PM

Richard, beauty is only skin deep....i agree with your bottom note.. we should be appreciated for more than looks... always~pd

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/5/2012 11:14:00 PM

I agree that physically attractive women have to also deal with people not taking the time to see their inner beauty. Some men will never be able to look past outward appearance. I think they are missing out.

Sandra Adams

Date: 11/5/2012 6:55:00 PM

i agree...inner beauty is where it is, someone can be gorgeous but have a bad personality, and to me they are plain ugly...loved this poem!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/5/2012 11:18:00 PM

Totally agree Sandra, we all have met these people. The great thing about people is that they have an infinit capacity for change and may just be going through a phase.

Nette Onclaud

Date: 11/5/2012 4:59:00 PM

a powerful write that celebrates inner beauty and self-esteem, richard... images so crisp they lend so well with the theme.." She becomes a caricature , emotional anorexic" are just a few... a-ok!..:) huggs

Ilene Bauer

Date: 11/5/2012 3:18:00 PM

i like both your poem and its message. i love the lines "pretty is her curse - in the end it's her disease." very very nice!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/5/2012 4:06:00 PM

Thanks Ilene, always nice to receive your positive response and to see your happy smile.

Elizabeth O'Driscoll

Date: 11/5/2012 3:03:00 PM

Very true John, beauty does attract perverts, who sit and stare at people all day, but I'm sure Richard wouldn't stare at a pretty woman, would you ? love elizabeth

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/5/2012 3:16:00 PM

Now you are putting me on the spot:)). I love your sense of humor Elizabeth!

John Loving Iii

Date: 11/5/2012 2:22:00 PM

Beauty attracts perverts.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/5/2012 2:30:00 PM

I think Beauty attracts everyone, perverts included. The difference is the places that Beauty is able to be seen.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/5/2012 2:24:00 PM

I am glad you like it. In answer to your question: I hadn't written anything for over 7 years and started up again last Christmas. I am now almost finished my first book and going through the final edit process. Hope to be in print the first quarter of next year. A lot more involved than I had originaly thought.

Jack Ellison

Date: 11/5/2012 2:17:00 PM

I really like the way you express yourself in a poem my friend! It's simple, refreshing and very creative. You are my kind of poet... 10 stars! Where have you been? Cheers from the East!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/5/2012 2:27:00 PM

Oops, I clicked on wrong reply button, see above response Jack.