All we ever hear about is how beauty beguiles;
how it alludes darkly
to other reasons and makes one lose
their footing,
but what I feel is that beauty is subjective,
is deeper than surface level.
So many examples to choose from and yet
the only thing that comes to mind
is how beauty lies in the smallest of details–
a reddening sun and a person’s smile,
there is no mistaking it,
it is as plain as truth and as vivid as memories
that enter the mind.
In any context, we are told that beauty leaves
one tongue-tied, is fast paced
and withers with time,
it is ephemeral and blossoms like a rose. But
humor me this,
doesn’t beauty allow one to find her in most
unimaginable of circumstances–
we write so much about softer side that
we forget that beauty
also caters to those who persevere,
hidden scars that speak of ache and process
of healing,
there is beauty in emerging from less than
fortunate situations and starting fresh.
How beauty is perceived depends entirely
on the individual,
it cannot be confined to a single sentence.
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For my prompt at dVerse where I invite others to write inspired by Maggie Smith 🩷
Posted for Poetics: Maggie Smith and Conversational Mode of Address @dVerse Pub
28 Responses
Love the sentiment, beauty as something growing from within… as it should be, but how often we forget and take the superficial view of it.
Time is needed, lost the instant gratification
Absolutely! Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
“doesn’t beauty allow one to find her in most
unimaginable of circumstances–” Yes and yes again!! Your ruminations carry us along so easily, natural in its ease and poetry, certainly in its truth. I love this, Sanaa.
Awww gosh! Thank you so much, Dora 🥰 so glad you enjoyed it! 💄❤️
A beauty of a poem, Sanaa! I love the thought that beauty ‘alludes darkly / to other reasons and makes one lose / their footing’ and that it lies in
‘a reddening sun and a person’s smile’. So true, that ‘it cannot be confined to a single sentence’.
Thank you so much, my dearest Kim 🥰 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
So true it is subjective and beauty is not just the physical side of beauty only. Love this part as you nailed it: we forget that beauty
also caters to those who persevere,
hidden scars that speak of ache and process
of healing,
there is beauty in emerging from less than
fortunate situations and starting fresh.
Thank you so much, Grace 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
I believe in your words “ How beauty is perceived depends entirely
on the individual,
it cannot be confined to a single sentence”
ellecee.
Thank you so much, Ellecee 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
A thoughtful treatise on “beauty”…well-done, Sanaa!
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Enjoyed your Poetry and especially how you constructed this line:
“but humor me this, doesn’t beauty allow one to find her in most unimaginable of circumstances”
Thank you so much, my dearest Helen 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Beautifully done! A great conversation to have, to counter what “we are told” about beauty.
Thank you so much, D. Avery 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Wonderfully written, Sanaa. You are exactly right, beauty goes more than skin deep.
I love this line…
Beauty….it is as plain as truth and as vivid as memories
Well done.
Thank you so much, Dwight 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Nice one
Much♡love
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Profound poem, Sanaa. I enjoyed this line :-
“is how beauty lies in the smallest of details– ”
Very true. 🙂
Thank you so much, Kitty 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
“Deeper than surface level,” yes, and I especially like the reference to the beauty of a sunset. Very inspirational poem, overall.
Thank you so much, Tzvi 😀 so glad the poem and its imagery appealed to you 💄❤️
Hi Sanaa, this is a fascinating conversation about beauty and what is may mean to different people in different situations.
Thank you so much, Roberta 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Yes, yes indeed, I’m yessing all the way through. This is glorious Sanaa. I continue to read and enjoye this – especially the third and fourth stanzas.
Thank you so much, Paul 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️