Are We Blinded?

Do we really look at one another?

“Of course.”

Do we?

Really?

“Yeah?”

I don’t think so.

If you come to think of it,

There is really no such thing as physical beauty.

A thing can’t be beautiful,

Without a mind to appreciate it.

But are we starting to grow unseeing?

Are we mocking the truth?

Are we simply not spotting the true beauty in this world?

The true beauty isn’t our looks,

I think,

But our minds.

Those who discover that beauty.

But then 

What is ugly?

What have even prompted that way of thinking?

Ugly.

Why do we live with those kinds of minds?

Maybe…

Maybe it was the first Blinds,

Those with the minds in pain,

That invented that word,

That feeling…

And then later,

When they had convinced themselves,

They filled the Seeing’s minds with that same acid of ugly.

Maybe…

Are we all starting to lose our sight?

Because of that poisonous acid?

Are we all starting to overlook the beauty,

In our search for the made-up ugly?

-Amanda J. S. 

Author's Note

Are we?

Reviews

[Sukylola]

i think it's really beautifully written. The way it's set out logically , step by step makes it really chilling!

[Amanda J. S.]

I'm so glad you liked it! ^^

[Shamsuddin Mazed]

why not?
Yeah.i think it's 100 to 100....

[Cerise]

Very nicely written..its true that people think beauty matters bt beauty is of no use..its rather the brain and a heart filled with love taht matters..very nice

[Soul Fire]

Very thought provoking,excellent job,as always.Awesome work

[Westminster Abbey]

Wow. This is awesome! (I don't throw that word around loosely) This has opened my mind to a whole new way of seeing things. Congratulations. 100/100

[Falling Leaf.]

An interesting spin on an old contradiction. Thank you for sharing.

Keep doing what you're doing,
Savannah

[Whitney Kleinhuizen]

Wow, this was deep and it makes you think. Really good job!

[Bumble]

The conversation into a poem was genius. It gave a more 3D look to it. Well written and done. Bravo :)

[PutTheBottleDown]

I liked reading it :-)

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAutho..]

Amanda, a very good poem. Even better, the conversation with self that it compels a reader to undertake. I like the way that you've spaced it too; forcing the reader to chew over each line and swallow before taking another bite. Quite appropriate given the subject matter and topic. We should all practice a little formal dining before a gathering with philosophers. What are the attributes of beauty? When does the mind begin to construct this abstraction and why? I put it to you that it is based upon a Darwinian mandate that favors symmetry and proportion and color and odor and all of the other sensory conduits to the brain. Does the brain mandate an innate definition of beauty for a developing mind? Is there a cultural contribution and if so, how much?

Kudos! You are the philosopher-poet with this one. :)