poemranker ::Beauty vs the beast by UAFANTHORPEY

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Free verse № 23836

Beauty vs the beast

Member since 2002 · Posted 5 Nov 2002 · 5 comments

My hideous face with scars burning on the surface and warts erupting out of my demented skin Cannot be fixed by make-up or by cosmetics or by the human touch. Your beautiful face with perfect eyes shining on the surface and red lips raging the fire within Cannot be improved not atall not ever not even. But my face hides a beautiful soul. With heart, happiness and joy. When I am gleeful it is real And I can show how real it is By smiling; and yes I will always smile. My disfigured body hides blood, bones and frailty. Your body hides nothing. You have no soul, no heart no bones. You show all you have but none of what you are. Your beautiful face has nothing else. They'll take you for your body And they'll leave you after that. I do not wear a mask to cover my inperfections. But you do! Every morning you spend hours With that lotion for your face With that shampoo for your hair With all the make-up to cover the faults. Beautiful it is but it is forced beauty. It is in the eye of the beholder And I dare say you hate yourself more than I do. You put on the cream to hide the wrinkles of ageing. But your still ageing. You'll still die, wont you? There is no cream for that, is there? And It doesn't matter what you look like When your gone. Because you'll never come back. Who is beauty here? Well I may be ugly but people always come back Do they for you? So don't ever insult me again. Take your jewellery Take your covered up face Take the fake sense of beauty Take away the forced power And come back.. WHEN YOUR REAL! LIKE ME!

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5 comments

[2] limonade 5-Nov-02/9:12 PM Reply
This image is cliche and you bring nothing new to it. You sound outraged and hurt rather than empowered.
[n/a] rosiebailey › limonade 6-Nov-02/4:17 AM Reply
Shut yer hole boy e is one of mah homies and das is phat is dat, so if yer dont shut yo maoth i'll mush ya and mah homies will gun yer down wit our spud guns oh yeah wickid mush
[0] <~> › rosiebailey 6-Nov-02/8:55 AM Reply
jesus. get a fucking life. if you don't like the idea of people ranking the poems, then go start your own goddamn site, 'homies wickid poempraiser' or some shit like 'dat', and you and all your wicky wicky wicky wack crew can throw down there.
[10] deleted user 8-Nov-02/6:21 AM Reply
Don't show no more disrespect to ma homie, ho! Is poetwy is wickywicky compawed to anyfing u can do, and me and da rosiebailey will mush ya if ya say othawise!Wickywickywackywackywa,G!
[0] razorgrin 8-Nov-02/6:49 AM Reply
Naw, this just sucks. it's the ugly fat kid at the back of the class whining about how they're a good person. Sure, hon. I bet you give great... personality, too. in the dark.