Beauty: The Contradiction

Could something beautiful come from this hand?
From THIS hand?
To be beautiful is to be perfect, is it not?
Perfection, it is not.
Perhaps to be perfect, imperfection is key.
The key to unlocking perfection?
Would it be better to choose imperfection then?
To choose the lesser over the greater?
Perhaps to be lesser is to be greater.
The beautiful then is what is least among us.
Among those striving for perfection, the least of us.
Beauty is a contradiction then.
To be truly beautiful, you must acquire the opposite of beauty.
To run from beauty is to gain it.
Running from what we know?
How do we know that our beauty is truly beautiful?
Surely none can judge such a thing.
But surely there is one.

Reviews

[Brianna Van Zandt]

This is wonderful. I have no negative words. :)

[Mary Christabel George]

Wow! A journey from being imperfect to be perfect. So many questions & answers about beauty. I really liked your work.

[zainul]

Recently,I praised the beauty of the wife of a person.That person didn't appreciate my praise.I didn't know why.He argued that beauty was a relative thing.I told him I found your wife a beauty as a beholder.This is my certificate based on my feeling.Anybody else could make personal assessment.
Mason,I do agree with you that 'Beauty is a contradiction' when considered as relative.
I agree with Jessica that 'beauty is decided by the beholder in comparison of what they consider ugly'.
Wonderful mind blowing piece.

[Mason Rayburn]

It seems to be the way to think of beauty in my opinion. One person cannot have the right to decide whether something is beautiful or not. It goes along with the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure". An object changes in appearance every time someone looks at it because each individual takes away certain characteristics of the object. It's a pretty interesting concept.

[zainul]

Agreed :)

[Jessica Gillitzer]

I personally loved your third and fourth line the way they transpose each other and the idea. Is there a key, I want to find it. It has to be better than where I am. very interesting thoughts here, beauty is decided by the beholder in comparison of what they consider ugly. Lotta great symbolize I thought. nice piece.
Jessie

[Mason Rayburn]

Thank you. I'm glad you pulled all that from the poem because that's EXACTLY how I feel. :3 Beauty is just another idea that changes from one individual to the next.

[Jessica Gillitzer]

No prob. beauty is overrated if you ask me.

[Mason Rayburn]

Not overrated in my opinion. It's more that people are chasing the wrong kind of beauty. Just like the work of a gifted artist, beauty is something to be enjoyed (and not in a crude way, mind you).

[Jessica Gillitzer]

those are beautiful words. Beauty is like stained glass it's wonderous nature is often best found in it's imperfections. I can't wait to see more.

[Mason Rayburn]

I'll try not to disappoint. ^_^

[Jessica Gillitzer]

8-) < 3