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“As soon as the world knows the beautiful are beautiful, then there is ugliness.”

�"Tao Te Ching

 

For you, I would strip off my pulchritude

The impermeable, cosmetic epicenter,

Strew the repellant embellishments to

Bathe in our noisome puddle of adoration.

 

Unlovely garble thrums like a euphony

And I mimic each charm to form a cipher,

Gather myself from spilled promises,

Assemble the fruit of treachery.

It slices my cheeks, sharp as my tongue.

 

We are more than a rind,

A petty outward adornment. 

We are hideous �" but when you have left me

Time stretched into a panorama

And the whole of my significance

Dulled to a tight narcotic murmur.

 

Let us leave the pretty garnished

To the radiant trophies

Our collision has left its mark

Perfect as a crescent moon

An imprint of your teeth in my skin,

Discolored bruise on my thigh,

A faded testament to the beauty in a nightmare…

The silhouette of our passion.