Beauty

Beauty

A Poem by Lewis Swainbank
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My view in beauty in the world

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At times we need to find the good in the bad, at times we need to try hard to understand, at times in life despite the crimes all around we need to look for the beauty. You see it can be anything from a leafless tree to a raging sea, or even a screaming ambulance on its way to A&E just search for the beauty. When you find it don't shy away don't be afraid, when you have it in your grasp don't let it lay waste, clutch that s**t tightly in a warm embrace. Treasure it, yearn for it, and don't forget, what you can't remember you will grow to resent, don't just enjoy things in the moment but keep it with you till the end. It's our memories and experiences that stay with us for all of time, if you forget them you will forever be asking yourself why, "I like that girl but why?" "I want that food but why" "my eyes drift off to the side when I'm driving at night but why?" Because the beauty of it all runs through your mind, we all only see beauty through our own eyes it is subjective. What you call beauty only you see, what I call beauty only I can see. I see my girlfriend laughing hysterically and it just makes me smile, I see a I single candlelit flame dancing through the night while other people see it and want to blow it out of sight . I spent months and months trying to understand why people couldn't see the beauty within, why they looked at what I saw but not in the same way, then it struck me after countless days. They do see the beauty within, they just see it in places where
I cannot, they see it from their own perspective and frankly that is beauty to me, the fact we all look at the same spectacle but see different things, that makes me happy and gives me hope, and I hope the realisation of this helps others see the beauty where they couldn't before

© 2017 Lewis Swainbank


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Lewis Swainbank
Lewis Swainbank

Portsmouth , United Kingdom



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