The one at war with self <br />Seeks the peace with world; <br />The heart shrivelled with fear <br />Puffs out a hot air of bravery; <br />The soul is faint with weakness <br />Still sinews tattoo with strength; <br />The untold bequests of hatred <br />Shimmer in wrappings of love; <br />The glossy visage of a robust life <br />Oft hides the debris of infirmity; <br />There is that scourges for purity <br />Yet revels in composts of impurity; <br />The phosphorescent smile attracts <br />As dark foreboding thoughts repel; <br />And the polished gem of a brilliant mind <br />Clasped in a dull tongue as pearl in an oyster. <br />An endless maze of paradoxes: <br />Good and Bad, <br />Ugliness and Beauty, <br />Astride the horse of Janus.<br /><br />Chukuemeka Akpe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/face-values/
