Inner self can hide
For only a short time
Grass that appears greener
Could be covered with slime
Exterior shells wither
Jewels loose their luster
While true beauty shines true
Where love and joy cluster
Choose wisely my friends
Look beyond the facade
Outward beauty duplicated
Is merely decoupage
Discerning eyes can see
Beyond the thin veneers
Courses can be corrected
When love, not lust, steers
the hardest thing to resist
the one thing we truly love
the one thing that gets us truly all caught up
the touch of a hand
the beauty of a woman or even a man
the thought of being next to you
always under your command
the sweet smell of your hair
even on a dare
i'd stare at your beauty and tell you
your rare
you make it hard to resist
the look in your eyes, the style you ware
i am so tempted i have to beware
Beauty contained radiates quietly
Elegant like Wisteria neatly pruned
On a trelllis with blooms weeping lightly
Grace and beauty sending a merry tune
Beauty running wild up and down the streets
Is like Wisteria running through tall pine trees
Pretty for a very short time one of spring's facets
Someday will die from lack of root strength disease
Tulips with their rainbow of spring colors
Sit still in place letting their beauty glow
Contained bless landscapes with multicolor
Not running here_there still put on a show
The river flows in you,
Just as you flow in life
So
Embrace the beauty
Embrace the pain
Take a look around you,
See what life can give
Have you seen the last sunrise?
Have you danced in the rain?
Have you looked at the last daybreak?
God has given it to us all,
For our sake
The river flows in you,
just like flow of each day
Have you seen the heartache?
Have you seen the pain?
Have you seen the joys and the beauty that you gain?
Take a look all around you
Really, look around you
Shouldn't you be in awe for all the beauty that you take?
Dont take it for granted
No, never take for granted
Its given for all our sake
So i ask, dont you believe in all that you receive?
The River flows in you
So Show compassion
And
Give thanks for all the moments that you make
Cherish every second
Love all around you
Gain strength from the pain
And
The heartbreak
You get this life only once
You dont get to do this again
The realm of beauty I once Knew
Exists no more, it's remnants few
No harvest moon. No shooting stars
No lollipops, or chocolate bars
No Ferris wheels. No gentle breeze
No butterflies or apple trees
No lily pads. No ebbing tides
No summer days, or blushing brides
No rolling hills. No fields to sow
No rainbow skies, or mountain snow
No sun to shine. No clouds of cotton
and soon these things will be forgotten
The realm of beauty I once knew
Has left this place, so I shall too.
Your true beauty lies right underneath the surface
Written By Dean Masciarelli
November 10, 2010 (4:22am)
Your true beauty lies
right
underneath the surface
And it cannot
be seen by most
Except for your friends
and your loved
ones who are truly close
Yet your outer beauty
may only be temporary
Embrace it with passion
and enjoy it while it lasts
Because it will
fade away quickly
But no matter how old you get
try to remember that your inner
beauty will always shine through
Because your true beauty
lies
right underneath the surface
Defiler of the world of beauty
belay the brush of ignorance
let not their feeble sigils
mar the majesty of mountainside.
May poverty’s rant
pierce a more appropriate heart.
Stroke with brush, paint and text
upon the face of greed and gluttony.
Waylay the money lenders
and with the prick of needle portray
their crimes in kind upon
each homely chest.
Graft in word and deed
find fees in revolutionary hands
rip the clubs of the rich
from their calloused grip.
Let the light of beauty sooth the poor
foul not the face of grace upon the granite hill.
Sometimes the beauty of life,
Isn’t so easy to see.
There are lots of things causing pain,
For you and for me.
It is masked or clouded,
Seeming to be gone.
Almost disappearing,
For oh so long.
But there is something,
That we all need to remember.
Whether you can see it or not,
It is always there.
The beauty of this world,
Cannot be destroyed by despair.
The sun will still shine,
And flowers will bloom.
Love will be heard,
Throughout every room.
Rivers flow,
Clean and pure.
Green grass growing,
Over hills it’s rolling.
The moon shining through,
The midnight black sky.
All the little things,
You see everyday
Make the beauty
That never goes away.
So when you can’t see it,
Just open up your eyes.
Stand tall,
And look towards the skies.
Because the beauty,
Will always be there.
While living deep I realise I can
Go deeper still to try and find my man
The man in I that searches and implores
The man that wonders walks along these shores
Amphibian I crawl out from the sea
And brain evolves as something just like me
Then stand up straight and wander on this beach
And pain it strikes when I stretch out to reach
Where is this place and what should I do here
This place that’s full of treachery and fear
There’s awesome beauty also everywhere
Such beauty that a mind can scarce compare
We living things are lonesome and we’re here
Together on these shores we hold so dear
It’s not all too obvious to the naked eye;
You have to pause and think and ask yourself “why?”
It’s not superficial, although, often beauty is there,
You have to look deeper to find beauty beyond compare.
Deep inside the heart of Earth’s crust,
Hidden amid the many layers of dirt and dust
Is a wealth of beauty for us to behold:
Sapphires and diamonds and nuggets of gold.
On the face of it the portrait may seem bland,
Nothing really special, nothing all that grand
And yet, with a little restoration and loving care
We can find the true worth that was always there.
If the same principle in life is applied
Then of people’s true beauty we won’t be denied;
We’ll recognise how beautiful they really are
And feel all the richer for it and be happier by far.
Have you ever saw a rose
With it's beauty on display
It's petals softly beckoning
To all who pass their way
But hidden on it's stem
That the petal's smile adorns
Is nature's own deceptions
That hides it's tiny thorns
One mistake is all it takes
For the thorns to cause us pain
But its beauty draws us closer
With magic we can't explain
Sometimes we see the beauty
For it's what we want to see
A closer look abandoned
That brings uncertainty
So take a closer look
And lessen your mistakes
There's good and bad in all of us
And this is all it takes
On this amazing little island
In our universe of black
We are the people
And nature i thank for that
We are the same but different
We would stand out against a wall
But there is a hidden beauty
That is born within us all
The next time you go shopping
In the center near your home
Sit in silence and look around
And watch our beauty roam
What your eyes will capture
Will fill your heart with glee
Its the hidden beauty within us
That surfaces in front of thee
You'll see children with their mothers
Couples walking hand in hand
People laughing, enjoying themselves
In feelings we all understand
On this amazing little island
That we call planet earth
The beauty born within us all
Is more than riches worth
My awe inspiring moments of today
The beauty of a sunset changing colors
There were sand colored clouds against
The bluest of blue skies
Then these clouds turned to black
It seemed in almost seconds
Then further South the same sun
Was casting red onto the horizon
I ask myself how can this be
All these are horizons
All the same sun
All the same sky
This beauty was just for me
I don't get to see sunsets
From where I live very much
Without going to a good bit of trouble
This awed me today
Moments just for me
Thank you God for the beauty
For a day with a sunset with no rain
Know that we are here, you and I
Reflections of God's beauty I see
Love's miracles I can always see
When I look at this gorgeous sky
Such beauty in all this magic!
Such splendid symphony!
Treasures of a lifetime for me
That feels my soul with joy
My heart will always feel like this
For dreams of love are endless
And thoughts of love are ageless
When love and hearts are real...
Take my hand and walk with me
All God's blessings for you and me!
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2009
April,9,2009
Does upon this kingdom of wiseacres tribes
“Realize”
that bona fide beauty is adept its component of flesh
it is but beauty alone that occupies radiance
for itself only shall emit distinction
to play lark accurately from within
beauty is no less successor of serenity
as it to is flexibility of all sin
the mere flesh a skeleton shall bare
is to be inspired solely from the root, emotions master
of which the skeleton so rightly encloses
of the uttermost protected, vulnerability from human hand
the bearer of our fears
the ruler of our breath
its gentility creates sight into naivety
bequeathing each drawn day a reason for life
as is not to alls insight futuristically
the exposed flesh may only breed conceit
of all superficial peepers
where else a glowing aura shall outshine when content
it may nor can survive justification
simply as an optical illusion
beauty is aglow burning within each individual
natural beauty is the efflorescence of interpretation
Bona fide beauty may be felt
It is the diagram profoundly sketched
Within humanities heart!
JD
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