Tuesday 3 September 2013

Venus

you are looking at me

beyond messy hair 
beyond my crooked nose 
beyond scars, nicks & lines  
beyond my smudged fingernails
beyond lack, trying to fill, almost 
beyond my dry kisses
beyond tongue & spit
beyond my claws & rages
beyond light apologies & heavy silence
beyond these hands, which sometimes forget you
beyond my waistline
beyond moods & unpredictable demands 
beyond my legs 
beyond unpolished, grime & vomit
beyond my cheeks  
beyond sparkle, skin & guts
beyond my history

you are looking at me

and i feel beautiful  


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49 comments:

  1. Sage Ravenwood3 September 2013 at 14:26

    Sigh. Your words fill my soul. Thank you! (Hugs)Indigo

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  2. DEZMOND3 September 2013 at 14:34

    oh, we all yearn to be looked upon like that, Grace!

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  3. brudberg3 September 2013 at 14:40

    Ahh. yes to feel loved is the greatest things of all.. and I love those repetitions... very good.. :-)

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  4. ^.^3 September 2013 at 14:43

    This you ... and me ... proud to be ...

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  5. Mary3 September 2013 at 15:04

    That is REAL love, Grace. the best of love! A lucky woman indeed.

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  6. Steve King3 September 2013 at 15:07

    A wonderful perspective: from the outside looking inside. Very well done.

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  7. Pat Hatt3 September 2013 at 15:13

    That is one of a kind love indeed. But vomit hmmm I'd look beyond it, someone else would have to clean it lol

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  8. Anonymous3 September 2013 at 15:17

    Awesome. I want someone like that.

    -H

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  9. Anonymous3 September 2013 at 15:18

    It is a wonderful feeling when we find those that look not just beyond our imperfections, but also love us including those perfections :) ~peace and love, Jason

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  10. Glenn Buttkus3 September 2013 at 15:21

    Any man who can focus on the inner beauty is a keeper; for his is soul mate, not lust buddy. This piece was a wonderful exercise in both repetition & romance.

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  11. Anonymous3 September 2013 at 15:23

    Beauty is in the mind of the holder...lovely words from a lovely soulyouare....

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  12. Anonymous3 September 2013 at 15:28

    Grace, I love the rhthyms that ebb and flow through this and the ending is such a great twist.>KB

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  13. Anonymous3 September 2013 at 15:30

    lovely poem. "beyond my history"! wonderful

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  14. mrs mediocrity3 September 2013 at 15:30

    and beautiful, you are. this is just lovely, the way we all wish to be looked at.

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  15. steveroni3 September 2013 at 15:39

    Thank God for "Open Link Night" so you could post this unusual accounting of "How do I love thee? Let me count the Ways..."

    You are NOW more beautiful than ever before, my dear, in the eyes and hearts of ALL!

    I like that "crooked nose" :-)

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  16. Unknown3 September 2013 at 15:50

    we all hope to know how a look like that feels... sigh... nice

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  17. Maggie Grace3 September 2013 at 15:52

    What we all need to feel loved and accepted...to have someone look beyond what we perceive as our imperfections. Love all of me...even my emotional scars. Lovely.

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  18. Brian Miller3 September 2013 at 15:53

    how awesome is it when they look at you and really see you, you know...beyond all the little things that make you up and see the real you....very cool use of repetition grace

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  19. Claudia3 September 2013 at 15:54

    and this is how it should be... often we ourselves are our strongest critics and the one that loves us looks with much more merciful eyes...

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  20. Anonymous3 September 2013 at 15:57

    Wonderful poem Grace; both realistic and romantic!

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  21. Audrey Howitt aka Divalounger3 September 2013 at 16:08

    Oh--so love this Grace!!So wonderful to really be seen--

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  22. ayala3 September 2013 at 17:21

    Sigh..and you are beautiful inside and out!

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  23. author.nara.malone3 September 2013 at 17:36

    Aww...who wouldn't want to be looked at that way :)

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  24. scotthastiepoet3 September 2013 at 17:36

    Ah yes, beyond there is this - and how it sets us free to shine... Your message is truly felt and expressed - can't ever ask for any more than that, Grace - thank you... With Best Wishes Scott www.scotthastie.com

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  25. Susan3 September 2013 at 17:45

    I wonder if people who really look at eachother see all that and then look beyond it. Maybe. I know on the rare occasions that I was seen, I thought about all this stuff--but not til later. I love the sound of the word beyond, so I was glad to repeat it, beyond how we see self, self. Lovely.

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  26. Maude Lynn3 September 2013 at 18:04

    This is marvelous, Grace.

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  27. Sherry Blue Sky3 September 2013 at 20:09

    Oh, wow. Then you are a lucky woman!

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  28. Dorianna Ric (paintswithwords)3 September 2013 at 20:17

    beyond all the superficial..you are beautiful and he saw it..lovley

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  29. kelvin s.m.3 September 2013 at 21:10

    ...that must've been true love, Grace... seeing beauty beyond beauty.... with high essential to accept, respect & love.... it's more than adoration... it's appreciation! loved this... smiles...

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  30. Anonymous3 September 2013 at 21:27

    Beyond nice, I love it.

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  31. HisFireFly3 September 2013 at 21:49

    beyond, beneath, within
    to be truly seen and known
    yes!

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  32. Lolamouse3 September 2013 at 22:13

    Isn't it wonderful when someone can look beyond?

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  33. Wyeth Bailey3 September 2013 at 22:18

    Lovely. To be loved unconditionally is a beautiful thing. Sacred. Love this.

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  34. Anonymous3 September 2013 at 22:59

    anaphora ecstasy, Heaven, in the recognition of sublime in the quotidian.

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  35. Margaret3 September 2013 at 23:27

    Sweet! It reminds me of the movie "Bridgette Jone's Diary" when she is trying to cover her "wobbly bits" and he says "I happen to like your wobbly bits" (or something like that ;)

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  36. Alana4 September 2013 at 00:16

    Heaven this is lovely, lovely. I have one that looks at me like that. Beautiful.

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  37. Anonymous4 September 2013 at 03:56

    the unconditional love - the outer shell being as transparent as the glass, to see beyond, inside of and truly look at a person for who they are.. this is beautiful Grace.

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  38. Misky4 September 2013 at 06:31

    Aaah, what a pleasure it must be to feel so. Completely lovely.

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  39. Kathryn Dyche4 September 2013 at 09:16

    I feel fortunate to be looked at that way.

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  40. Anonymous4 September 2013 at 11:07

    Hope you will always feel beautiful !

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  41. Myrna R.4 September 2013 at 12:08

    Leave it to Venus to exhude beauty and extract it from us to make us feel it. Keep looking at her Grace. Your poetry is like Venus by the way, always beautiful and loving.

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  42. Mark Butkus4 September 2013 at 12:13

    I appreciate the ending not knowing where you were leading me. Love the positivity!
    Cheers,
    Mark

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  43. Jyoti Mishra4 September 2013 at 13:14

    When one sees you beyond all that..
    a great sight :)

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  44. Outcast4 September 2013 at 18:32

    Not just saying this to be nice Heaven but I genuinely feel like you're one of the greatest writers I've ever came into contact with, this is just, wow and I mean that.

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  45. flaubert4 September 2013 at 19:47

    Grace, a wonderful list poem on the truth of true love. I enjoyed this immensely.

    Pamela

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  46. Beachanny4 September 2013 at 20:47

    Quite the love song - with lots of grains of truth. Well done.

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  47. Anonymous4 September 2013 at 21:40

    Wonderful to be seen and acknowledged. Great job. k.

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  48. Anonymous4 September 2013 at 23:16

    Ah... I love, love this. :-) How beautiful the love of our beloved can make us. :-)

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  49. ed pilolla4 September 2013 at 23:59

    this has a vibrational quality i find riveting. very cool. recognition of reality is all it is. what a package and beauty this is.

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