Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Nothing to make up for


There is no woman 
who walks this earth
that needs to wear makeup. 
There is no skin that is flawed.
No feature out of place.
Shape and contour
are never less than 
only full of grace.
A woman is.  The.  Most.  Magnificent. 
Of all that is created.
Stress and pain 
may sometimes 
be injected
into the surface of the skin
but even then 
kinetic energy 
transforms
gives way
in the end
to the softness that remains.
A tender heart
always lives underneath.
Open arms 
are ready to enfold you.
Gentle eyes wait
on the inside.
A Soul
holds the power
of ocean waves.
The weight of the world 
can wear anyone away
but it is the change
the journey brings
that pulls the loveliness
out within each she.
The strength of a jaw
next to the wisp of an eyelash.
The soft of a cheek
turning into twisting tendons 
that run down a long neck.
Circles of hair
playing peekaboo 
with spirals of ears.
Silent endless depths 
about which 
pupils speak.
Waltzing circles 
that each pair of lips
glides through 
with involuntary choreography. 
How shameful it is.
What a crime is committed 
when the truth of beauty is distorted 
by the thought that
ANY of it
should ever need 
improvement.
To be covered.
Not seen
in the clearest daylight.
In its fullness, 
its authenticity,
its priceless nakedness, 
In the details of the life being lived.
Sorrow wells up at the thought 
of not knowing by heart 
where all of the skin spots have grown 
over the years 
and exactly how the smile lines 
connect with the crows feet 
when my absolutely, stunningly, gorgeous grandmother
sees me 
and tells me

Every 

Single

Time

that I am beautiful.


I wish for every woman
to know
that joy.
I wish for every woman
to feel
that love.
Maybe then
Every woman would know
that there is nothing 
they need 
to make up for.

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