Ngoc Nguyen Poet Sonnet

What Beauty Is To The Geometrist

What beauty is (to the geometrist),
     is the shape of the Golden Ratio!
Beauty is courage, the defiant fist
     of a protector fear can't overthrow;

     beauty, likewise, is a prince's sworn vow,  
to defend his city, child, and ladylover;  
     what beauty is, is the King, who can show
Paris forgiveness (for treason discover'd);

beauty, as well, is Hector's fame recover'd
     (after the legend of Troy had been lost):
beauty, in essence, is a sin cover'd,
     and paid for, by his giv'n blood (as the due cost).

The golden ratio of Helen's perfect face,
at any rate, was the fall of the Trojan race.

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