Should I not feel pretty as a picture, dancing in elegance
A scripture'd goddess, walking in divinity and grace...loved
The wind soothing my soul...being my own muse...envied
Narcissus walking by my side, extolling my magnificence
I am beauty personified, the epitome of styled perfection
My eyes shine with a most brilliant incandescent passion
My hair lustrously smooth, shining, gleaming and splendid
My form is shaped in the grandiloquence of the Goddess Athena
The soothing wind kneels at my feet, worshiping my splendor
To the world outside of me...I am dazzling, luminous. Perfect...
I smile, and move with a dignity and poise which is envied by all
Oh fickle truth. For why do I feel so hollow and empty on the inside
Wishing I were that happy you, simple, unencumbered...and whole!
About the Creator
Antoni De'Leon
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. (Helen Keller).
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The yin and yang of self acceptance...every day is a new introspective question. To be or not to be, leaves one pondering.
Well-wrought! Perhaps it is the contrast which gives the wind the power to soothe.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder whoever the beholder may be. Good job.
Beautifully expressed, Antoni! I read this sonnet three times, feeling more emotional with each read. Heading over to the Raise your voice thread to nominate this for top story!🌹
This has great depth. Cutting sort of commentary on the way beauty and confidence can be desperates thing in and of themselves
😊 👏 Haven’t seen you do one of these before. Very cool. I’ll have to have a good if I can think of an idea. Did you find the structure challenging, Antoni?
So ponderous and filled with yearning. Beautifully and eloquently written.
Very emotive sonnet. Well done.