If the world sees you as ugly,it is because you have retained your beauty.You remain a fotressed city of jewels,discoverable only by those true.


The beauty of the soul.

The Mona Lisa was his most famous piece........


Not a thought.Not a glance.Not a chance.
None was accorded to the sketch on the canvas:
The young lady with eyes expressionless,
Chin extra ordinarily long,somewhat askew.
Eyes that had a mysterious depth;
Known only by those who dared to look-
Understood only by him who made the sketch.
For not the one who acclaimed the Mona Lisa,
But he who applauded the smudged sketch-
This the master acknowledged as true artistry....
To see past the beauty that covers skin deep,
And discover the stories untold.
That sketch, of the nonchalant stare:
That was what he had intended to be the Mona Lisa.



Poetry by she
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Written on 2006-03-01 at 07:18

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Rik The PoetBay support member heart!
Hmmm! To have the strength and integrity to look beyond the veneer. To cut through the smoke screen of vulnerabilty. Not something the world holds in high regard. But yet that is where the jewels of the heart are found. Another good piece by an accomplished writer.
2006-03-02


Zoya Zaidi
"Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, people call you
You so lovely with your tender smile!
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa...
Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?"

There a song sung by Nat King Cole, I think which goes like this.
Heard it, She?

Leonardo da Vinci, it seems, was so much in love with his Mona Lisa, that he carried her with him, everywhere he went!

((((((hugs she for a lovely write!))))))))

Love, xxx, Zoya
2006-03-01