"Beauty"

Beauty!!
Did I say beauty?
Yes!
Beauty is abstract , NOT concrete
Beauty is NOT, a colour
Beauty CANNOT be painted on;
Beauty is NOT, skin deep

To hell with your views on me!
To hell with your soap opera beaus
To hell with your magazine girls'
and boys' physiques
I want to be ME, not you or them

Beauty is a gift, NOT a look
Beauty is about the fruits of LOVE

for Beauty is within!

By Paul Andrew Bourne, MSc. (candidate); BSc. (Hons); Dip. Edu.