the price of looking

 

"The Price of Looking"

 

 

You could treat me better.

 

That much is true.

 

My friends gather
around the evidence,
holding up pieces
of a trampled heart.

 

They call it suffering.

 

I call it beauty.

 

Great beauty comes
with a price,
they say.

 

Not always nice.
Always looking good.

 

A cross to bear
in love's tangled game.

 

What can I do?

 

I could have chosen
someone less lovely.

 

Instead,
I keep paying
for the view.

 

 

 

 

 

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Poetry by arquious The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2026-06-01 at 11:38

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Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
Somehow I missed this at its time of submission. Definitely deserves this Front Page accolade. A strikingly poignant meditation on what my mind tells me is a marriage. Bravo. Blessings, Allen
2026-06-08


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Your poem has been chosen to be featured on the home page of PoetBay. Thank you for posting on our poetry website!
2026-06-08


Melinda K Zarate The PoetBay support member heart!
Very interesting piece. Makes me feel a bit sad for the trampled heart.
2026-06-04


Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
Amazing, amazing, amazing. There's not much else to say.
2026-06-01


Clara Mae Gregory The PoetBay support member heart!
Awwwe 😔.....love's woes.. ...hard on hearts. Can even harden them.
This expression of such, is well crafted. The ambiguity in the choice of words is very clever. It leaves the reader to speculate and wonder what the "price" is.
It is said "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"- inferring "beauty is subjective".....
maybe that "price" is likewise?

The price might be materialistic or emotional, both or somewhere in between the two........choice or fate?

I like the way you have framed it, the unpleasant side of life experiences.
2026-06-01