Beauty

Too much exposure to beauty

Beauty every day

Renders beauty ordinary

Too passe and commonplace

I mean to say what if

 beauty lost her face?

What was so invaluable

That could be left ?

Futility took its place

Then I understood beauty should

Be

Guarded secret precious

An unforgettable treat

A novelty

A retreat

A quiet summer evening’s return 

Strolling back

Bag of vegetables in hand

To one’s home.

Or a chill wind blowing through veins

Piggybacking on his speedy motorbike

hands numbing

Exquisite relief at the  sight

Of sweet home

Beauty at your doorsteps

Just what you need.

Beauty

neither rationed nor 

tumbling out of  taps

Beauty

Wandering in walking out
Unexpectedly familiar guest.

Haunting melodic earthbound erratic nostalgic  poetry in arrest.

Woosome winsome virginal ravishing 

Shy Coquettish strong and handsome

Cute lovable foxy funny

 pure child like sweet fallible

Gracious graceful radiant lovely

Knowing intuitive ardent comely 

Brutal manly boyish gamine
Tortured serene eyes like famine

Teaser. Trickster. Cordial creature

Pleasant.Pious fresh desire

Unearthly brilliant muse genius

Disciplined mentor. Devoted  mother

dutiful loyal faithful follower. 

Kind compassionate worn caregiver.

Joyous victorious elated winner.

screaming agonized  defeated loser.

ecstatic hopeful life giver.
Nursing and sheltering Madonna-esque

Mother.

Sad and sorrowful resigned brave heart

Stoical stone like pieta

Shedding tears of silence

At the eve of parting

But never till  child has turned the

corner.

Grieving mournful broken by succour

at dreams departing chaste Lips of beauty

Forever praying
Raining blessings on

beloved.
At the last leave-taking

Bidding goodbye
To beauty that was creation

Beauty

 that was life  and action

That Is and  never ever shall

Be

Be sure the beauty of

The dear departed the first beloved

The newly separated the long underrated

The always overworked the forever unvalued

The too much maligned the too little privileged

The worthy unpraised The children

The lover The father The husband

The elder brother

Kid brother and sweet baby sister

Who walked her wonderful

First walk just for you

The baby who smiled

To light up your world too.

The friend who just knew you through and through

The richly undeserved fan

Who rooted and rooted for you

The challenging enemy the scornful haters

The rightful pride that made you better

To all these many

Beauties

Beauty bids her

Adieu

Beauty how can I

Say it too?

Unasked unwanted

Heart longed for

You came

Surely not to say

“adieu, 

Carpe Diem?”

God so much beauty

In this world I've seen

Even Stillborn and unborn

beauty

in my heart has been

Bid you goodbye beauty?

How shall I?

Take me along

Make death the promise

That beauty

Itself shall not die.

In the moment of truth

In the peace of dreams

In bright light and summer shade

Dark woods and deep glades

Fancy dainty alluring shimmering

Elfin sylvan seraphic mystic

Celestial majestic

Lost

In the wreaths and whorls of heavenly flowers

Splendidly splintered

compelling spellbinding an entire universe

Into an anthem of glory

Beauty forever brightening

Dazzling charming caressing

Ennobling creating

Abundant earthy blessings.

With a divine touch

Not enough said yet

Less said the more

Beauty I rant too much.

God  thank thee

For Beauty's touch. 

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(c) Amrita Valan 2014

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