Anthony Amero Poet Free verse

Real Beauty

Beauty …
Has this word lost its meaning?
Is not the flower opening its
pedals to the morning more
beautiful than the
repressed mother
dressing up her 8 year old to 
compete in her own,
lost dream?
Is there not more beauty in
the 9 year old with
no mom
who still loves life and
achieves her dreams?
Has beauty really become
bought
and Nature can only take you
so far?
Isn’t beauty helping someone cross
the street? Fixing someone’s flat?
Carrying groceries to
their car?
Breast implants, nose jobs,
tummy tucks and
collagen are being touted
as the new you …
 really?
Aren’t you beautiful when you smile
because you heard
something funny? Or when your
eyes glitter
because you see something you love?
Isn’t beauty the crickets talking at
night as you think?
Holding hands with one
you love 
as you walk bare-foot in the 
grass? Isn’t that beautiful?
Beauty …
Don’t lose sight of
what it really is.

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Laura Gail Sweeney February 1, 2016 at 4:40 PM Real words of wisdom. Falsity is never beautiful as it is shallow, and there's nothing more relaxing and beautiful than a natural smile.

Cara Alvaro April 10, 2010 at 1:26 PM Being a poet is both a blessing and a curse, I think. Awareness is its own form of torture (and least it is in a mad, mad world like this one). Nice post, Anthony. It tugged at me.

Jay Loveless March 25, 2010 at 9:27 AM THIS is beautiful (: amazing advice, and so true. keep it up, i really really like this. xo Rainbow, p.s.thank you for the comment and i explained a bit about that poem in the comments afterwards if youd like to check it out.

Doris Culverhouse March 24, 2010 at 10:39 AM good advice!! enjoyed reading today.