If only for a day
I had a woman’s beauty,
Not wisdom, love or courage
But a spellbinding face
/
Long limbs, thin frame,
And an entitlement to silence,
Which one is only given
By beauty’s tender hands;
/
I wonder what it’s like
To be admired
Not for a timely joke
Or for a kind embrace
/
But simply for one’s presence –
The presence of a candle
In a world lit
By pale glow of plain lamps
/
If only for a day
I knew this power
Which all the elements
Are willing to obey
/
Next day, I know
I’d have to be devoured
By the monstrosity
My mirror’s used to showing
Wonderful twist at the end! I really enjoyed reading this. 🙂
Many thanks for reading! I’m happy you liked the post ;)!
Kahilil Gibran said “Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.”…You’ve penned another fine poem IMHO.
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‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever,’ says one of the most quoted lines about beauty ever written, by John Keats. Its timeless popularity proves its truth.
u took my breath away
Reblogged this on A Friend to Yourself and commented:
just gorgeous. took my breath away. original thought though familiar. what would u do w this kind of power?
Thank you so much, Sana – for your own post, too, about being worth keeping, beautiful or not :)!