Fragile Beauty

Oh, she was so fair
Unblemished skin
Lustrous hair
Everyone would stare

Contempt for all she had
So vain was she 
She spurned a smitten lad
One with love driven mad

One day when in the mirror she did preen
From her scooter she had a fall
Due pothole on the road unseen
And her face was all blue and full green

Now blemished was her skin
No one looks at her now
The lovelorn lad, Quasimodo's kin,
Still finds some beauty within

Sometimes at her folly she does weep,
Gone are her airs now,
And as she goes to sleep,
Realizes beauty is only skin deep.

~12 Jul 2016~
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Shanmugam Avatar
July 12, 2016 at 12:46 PM
Lovely lines Mishra; )
Misra Avatar
July 12, 2016 at 7:33 PM
Thank you.
Dietrich Avatar
July 12, 2016 at 8:44 AM
she was brought down low by her vanity. Good one, Karam
Misra Avatar
July 12, 2016 at 9:32 AM
Pride always has a fall, I guess. ~karam~
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