With tattoo's ink smeared everywhere,
and piercings by the score -
and color-copied rainbow hair -
how can we handle more?
To get a little self-respect
our clothes must have a label,
our auto's must be perfect or
we all appear unstable.
Eye lashes must be fastened on.
Our scent squirts out from sprayers.
Eye liner must be perfect drawn
with powder caked in layers.
We wear our jewelry with pride
and aging spots we cover.
And wrinkles we can try to hide
so no one will discover.
Through remedies we dig and dig.
We make a real fuss -
but it's like lipstick on a pig,
it's surface, surface, surface!
We try to conquer blunders and
we think we've conquered dull,
but what I have to wonder is -
what's inside the skull?
Man can't look beyond the skin,
Man looks at the face.
Man sees only fat or thin.
Man sees only 'race'.
God sees through all shallowness.
God sees through the skin.
God sees down inside our hearts,
God sees deep within.
Some day we just might teach our youth.
Some day we just might feel.
Some day man might learn Godly truth
and hopefully get REAL!
©2009 louis gander ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
http://www.ganderpoems.org/
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Interesting poetry, many thought provoking words.
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