Lie With Beauty
Soft and smooth pearl skin,
White, flawless of moon glow,
Cheeks for me to caress,
Gentle beauty to show.
A hint of rosy flesh within her cheek,
So tender, calling me to speak.
In nervous steps, eager I approach,
Eyes descend to the ground,
As closer to the beauty,
Soon to love her, my duty.
Up I looked at last,
but to hear my own gasp!
“Good day!” I spit in shock,
In too close to the changed face.
So I refrain from a stare,
But oh, t’was such a scare!
Those cheeks so gaunt,
Coated and piled of white guck,
Masking a hardly perfect visage,
Falsely illuminating that sickly green face.
Time and time again,
The world brings pain.
All of life is a deception --
Woman aren’t an exception!
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