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A Beautiful Soul

Your beauty
            does not need to wear a skimpy bikini
            or hide behind a painted mask of vanity
Your beauty
           may push against the edges of the mold
           but that is a mold, cold men created blindly
Your beauty
           does not yield to the encroachment of time
           but transforms to embrace reality
Your beauty
           is in a smile with crooked lips
           the tears shed to offer others sympathy
Your beauty
           is in arms outstretched for a hug
           and in a heart filled with dignity
Your beauty
           reads my words before they are written
           it inspires my hopes, dreams, and poetry

Copyright © Jerry Brotherton | Year Posted 2023

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Deb M Date: 12/13/2023 8:56:00 AM Wow Jerry….just lovely! So touching and meaningful! Debx Login to Reply

Bill Baker Date: 12/11/2023 10:15:00 PM A lovely tribute to a loving person, Jerry. Thanks for telling it like it is my friend. Your poet friend in Texas, Bill Login to Reply Jerry Brotherton Date: 12/12/2023 4:58:00 AM Thank you, Bill. My words do not do her justice.

Karen Jones Date: 12/11/2023 5:26:00 PM This is so elegant and charming. I love every word. Login to Reply Jerry Brotherton Date: 12/11/2023 7:06:00 PM Thank you Karen.

Silent One Date: 12/11/2023 12:24:00 PM Love that last line.. beautifully romantic Jerry... this is very creative and modern day romanticism.. excellent Login to Reply Jerry Brotherton Date: 12/11/2023 7:07:00 PM I appreciate your kind words, my friend.

John Lawless Date: 12/11/2023 6:29:00 AM would that we could all find and share that beauty within ourselves and take the light from under the bushel Login to Reply Jerry Brotherton Date: 12/11/2023 7:09:00 PM So true. My wife is everything to me, that's for sure.