John Hamilton Poet Free verse

Beauty Is Evanescent

Beauty is evanescent

My eyes have seen 
unspeakable,
incomprehensible 
beauty.

I thought I knew 
what beauty was
and then...
I met you!

Your apparition
left me astonished
entranced, tongue tied,
mesmerized...

My eyes 
could never 
be the same again...
how could they be... 
as all the beauty 
beforehand seen
now had a new 
reference point... 
and that was you!

Curiously though,
under more 
careful observation
and scrutiny
over time
I noticed something
distinctive in you,
something inherently
significant.

I now realize
that my recently
redefined understanding 
of what beauty is,
needs to be adjusted
to harmonize with
a far deeper
comprehension.

I've noticed that
your external beauty
is really an outward
physical reflection
of internal realities.

Your kindness
your innocence 
is effervescent,
effusing and emanating
from deep within
your interior.

Leading me to conclude
that physical beauty
is evanescent
but kindness 
and innocence
is ever present.

John Derek Hamilton
May 26,2016

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Joanna Daniel June 1, 2016 at 4:10 AM Inner beauty lives forever:) Wonderful insights:) John Hamilton June 1, 2016 at 8:57 AM So true, thanks for your visits and comments Jo.

Jan Allison May 26, 2016 at 5:55 PM They say beauty is onlky skin deep ... Its the inner beauty that really counts the most John - really enjoyed your deep write:-) hugs Jan xx John Hamilton May 26, 2016 at 10:11 PM Thanks Jan I removed a paragraph that was obscuring the reading so it now is easier, thanks for comments and visit.

Walter T. Ashe May 26, 2016 at 2:15 PM The more this is read the deeper the truth of this write settles in! Without the "inner beauty" of kindness there is no outer beauty, just a facial expression! This is much enjoyed! John Hamilton May 26, 2016 at 3:14 PM Thanks Walter I fear it may be too deep for most !Not a simple light read! Thanks for your comment is appreciated.