Time,
will add and subtract from your life
like an equation of lost and found feelings
You will lose passions
and then
you will rediscover them
until your personality adds up to something you can appreciate.
A one-dimensional dot is not beautiful
a straight line will take you somewhere
a three-dimensional picture of personality offers depth
time travel is possible
when you integrate your past with your future
You see order from disorder
Your past makes no sense to friends and loved ones
their type of psychoanalysis would render you insane
as you add and subtract
your mathematical equation
for meaning
you compose the rhythm of your life
it’s not the drumbeat of mediocrity
or the composition of the culture
All aspects of your aesthetic become art
your unwashed dishes
and unmade bed
speak
to different priorities
Your clothes are not an expression of someone else’s standard
because you dress for something else—
for occasions that meet your aesthetic
Not to blend in like a chameleon
but to dominate
by expressing defiance
with a suit of armor, you put on
when you are going to war
at the office.
When your imagination
meets passion, meets reality
Art is a weapon.
Aesthetics, are more than just beautiful
they symbolize the types of change going-on beneath the surface of your beauty
to say that beauty is only skin deep
is to fail to recognize the character of a face
the intensity of the eyes
and the prominence of a nose
the suit
every superhero wears
before they do something
is just as important as what they do.
Your life can be beautiful
if you pair beauty with thought—
then all actions become an expression of your art.
I love the way you transitioned this poem from time as your future and past blend to make you who you are. Then, you take us through to the way one dresses as an expression of personality and art. Good job.
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Thanks hen house lady!!! I’m glad you enjoyed the read! 🙂
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This is good stuff.
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Thanks yassy!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it, and got something out of it!
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