What is Beauty?

That’s a stupid question.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,

Like a dust mote or an eyelash.

It can really hurt.

And make your eye gush tears.

And it can even be something you cannot see.

Of course, you can’t see something in your eye.

So, get the danged thing out!

Remove that dot of prejudice,

And that spot of pride.

And especially that little bit of Jane Austen,

If she’s in there too.

You need to see with clear eyes.

You need to feel more than see.

Beauty, true beauty, is gone in a flash.

And then your memory of it…

Is only half developed.

You need to keep the darkroom door…

Locked against the idiot exposing it…

Until Beauty has bathed in the developer…

Just long enough.

And only then will there be elegance,

Fascination, meaning, significance,

And all the other synonyms…

That belong on your Beauteous synonym bun.