Beauty

Many different conceptions

An individual perception

Yet shared

Magazines,

movies,

our culture,

tells us what is supposed to be beautiful

Skinny waists

You can wrap your hands around

Muscle ripped

Ancient places

Rare things

Sunsets

And it’s true

It’s both

Our idea of beauty is shaped by our culture

But it’s also shaped by our own

Perspective

We can have very similar ideas of beauty

Almost completely merged

But with one divergent bend

Or maybe many

An entire curve diverting from that shared line

Of what’s beautiful

Handsome

Attractive

Beauty belongs to all species and all things

Everything in creation

Although admittedly in varying amounts

And maybe not even noticed

But it’s there

Just because beauty is not commented on

Doesn’t mean it goes unnoticed

The trees so dry

The leaves look like fall

Is beautiful

My hair

And your skin

Were created

With a fine brush

And some of the best of the palate

Sound

Is beautiful too

Beauty belongs to all of the senses

Soft velvet

Birds

My mother’s plantain

Hazelnut icecream

Are all beautiful

And help to shape the simple beauty

That is proliferant in our world

Beauty is good

Although the bad own it too

It is health

And creates happiness

With each other

With ourselves

Beauty

Is an abstract idea

But one we are all familiar with

Even if we know not its name

We know it by instinct

Appreciation of high quality surroundings

Is how it’s known

What makes it high quality?

Human reason

Beauty can be action, motion, too

It’s like air

If beauty were a human emotion

It’d be called Love,

Forgiveness,

But mostly Caring.

Appreciation of it

Helps you reap its rewards

Beauty

It’s there

It’s everywhere

Even if it can be hard to find.