Look Deeper

Barnacled brows shutter
aged eye

Look deeper, look deeper
There's beauty inside 

Addiction, disease
Abused, neglected

Look deeper, look deeper
There's beauty inside

Sub par IQ
Removed from view

Look deeper, look deeper
There's beauty inside

Scarred and marred
Disfigured, discarded

Look deeper, look deeper
There's beauty inside

From lightest to darkest
and all in between

Look deeper, look deeper
There's beauty inside

Every reflection 
That's ever been seen

Look deeper, look deeper
There's beauty inside

The Image of God
living inside

Look deeper, look deeper
God's beauty inside
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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June 6, 2020 at 6:51 AM
Great poem, really well expressed..
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June 6, 2020 at 9:20 AM
Thank you! Congratulations on POTD and POTW - a clean sweep :)
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