Beauty, Inside And Out Poem by Malabika Ray Choudhury
Beauty, Inside And Out
If I say,
you are exquisitely beautiful!
To me, Apsara in Indian myths!
You laugh, and don't believe me at all!
You were so pretty as a dainty little lass (you are gorgeous now) ,
and I was too bashful to tell!
You never realized,
It was a privilege!
You say,
Beauty, what we see, but not feel, is an accident.
If it happens to us, with pride,
We are immensely content!
Slowly and gradually it goes away,
And we truly panic!
And try to hold on to
what is left!
What stays,
is the real us!
What stays, is the Real Me! such a great truth... it is the way of the world that they go after external skin deep beauty... but what stays is the truth of me...... thank u dear poetess. tony
Beauty, what we see, but not feel, is an accident. If it happens to us, with pride, We are immensely content! ...........wonderful
You never realized, It was a privilege......fantastic poetic expression. A wonderful poem...top score!
Part 3 I would say, we should strive to develop such inner beauty in ourselves, by loving our fellow beings, keeping our body and soul clean and reading what good words, words of wisdom left for us by our ancestors. And let our deeds and actions speak for us, not the beauty of our body.
Very very true! We all love to look beautiful, but without beauty of the soul, beauty is not real! I really like your comment - the beauty of character, culture, aesthetic disposition transcends age! Thank you.
Part 2 As you said, the bodily beauty withers away with age. But the beauty of character, culture and aesthetic disposition transcends age. On the contrary, a beautiful body may not be attractive, if the soul dwelling in it is haughty, arrogant and greedy. Contd..
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Philosophical musings about beauty. But, isn't all forms of art is an expression of beauty- Man-woman, living or non-living as well as divine? Beauty is never accidental. Thanks a lot.
I love this - really great conversation! I actually meant physical beauty of human beings, but now I am starting to think about other beauties - in nature, in art! This will give me an idea about another poem - how beauty is everywhere and eternal! Thanks a lot.
Hi Dear Poet, Thanks for your rating of my poem. You are so kind!