The Hidden Utopia

Beauty lies beneath

the sands

of the stone cold river

and under waves,

During a full moon

On a starry summer night

By the beach.

 

Beauty lies in the middle of

a jungle

by the spider's spiderwebs

and in the barks of dead trees.

 

Beauty lies

on the dark side of the moon,

and beneath the molten core

of the earth.

 

Beauty lies

a million miles away from here,

on a different planet

with alien creatures

and talking bunnies.

 

Beauty lies

in the flesh of a fish

and the stomach of a starving whale

 

Beauty lies

beneath the skies and in the tears

that babies cry.

 

It lies under the creaking steps

Of an abandoned tenement building,

on main street-

by the park.

 

It lies between

two lonely trees.

 In the shadows

that loom from corners,

beauty lies.

 

Beauty lies in

the puddles

of rainwater.

 

Between the cracks,

of a broken mirror,

lies beauty.

 Beauty lies,

not on the outside

but the inside.

 

Beauty hides...

 

where no one ever looks.

Author's Note

;D Sorry I haven't posted in a while.
You like?
I like constructive critisism.

The solar eclipse (new moon) represents everything that is hidden by other greater things of the world.

As the sun hides the moon.

;)iissketchyy.

Reviews

[Lorraine]

Although the line cuts are very short and abrupt, the poem flows amazingly well. Every line speaks sounds fluent and contains so much truth. I like the positive outlook this poem has and the way it looks deeply into the core of mundane things just to define what beauty is. I just have one suggestion. I think this will sound better "Beauty lies,/not on the outside/but the inside." That way, it prevents the stanza from sounding too redundant.

Keep Writing. ^___^

[Sara Hannah]

I really like this poem.
It gave me good chills.

Thank you for posting.

I love you.

[lindsay]

This is well...beautiful. lol. I love how you took the idea of beauty to a different level and I think you ending this quite nicely.

[Sam Freeland]

Your Utopia is no longer hidden and sparkles for us as we read. Many poets try to
express beauty... you do it so well and so enjoyably we know how it matters to you.

[Ophelia]

I aboslutely adore this. Your poetry is brilliant. Your style reminds me of Sylvia Plath. Do you read any of her work? Anyhoo, this was great. I love how it flows! You did an excellent job here.

[Phantom Heart]

This is fantastic, very well done.

[Miranda]

I like it, it makes me think about things differently now :)

[Pema Dorje]

on the curve of the sky where the belt-o-venus dims from orange to red, a simple bed for the stars to lay at night -- sweet poem from a sweet-heart

[Emily]

I love the imagery! I had never thought about how many places beauty really does lie, and now, now,
I see it every were. in the sunrise were it's always been, in the shadows on my walls, in the curved body of my viola.
Beauty lies everywhere.
Beauty however, also lies.
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[Janice]

Beauty lies in your poem, so simple, yet deep, so true, yet unseen. And the ending .. Absolutely Stunning! Great read, Great write..I must read on!