Beauty's fault
What is wrong with beauty?
People oftentimes react to it like to a provocation,
as if the existence of pure beauty were an insult
which must be acted on with violation,
as if the sole purpose of its sheer existence
was to be put down and raped and quieted,
as if beauty was a general disturbance
which must be dismantled.
All the same, true beauty will continue to persist
and multiply and ever grow more beautiful,
since that is the essential character of beauty –
no one can do anything about it,
unless they tolerate it, let it be and cultivate it,
like a garden, tendered well, allowed all freedom
and appreciated for her charm and inspiration,
loved and made good use of
as the main expander and developer of love.
Poetry by Christian Lanciai
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Editors' choiceWritten on 2010-09-24 at 15:18
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