You say you find me in the gathering stars, <br />Evanescent beauty, iam no shooting star <br />But I am as beautiful as the midnight sun. <br />You say you find me in the roses. <br />Fugacious blossoms, iam no flower of an hour <br />I am the quintessential wild vanilla <br /> <br />You say age is my foe but he is my confederator <br />Because with age I spice up like pickle. <br />My dear, you better not dwell on my verses <br />For it ain't worth your tending and musings <br />They are only my thoughts taking a stroll. <br /> <br />I make no pretenses what so ever <br />For I wear no veil, I am as open as the sky <br />I avow my beauty is nothing <br />In front of the beauty of my mind <br />For it is as truthful as gospel <br />It knows great fortitude and love <br /> <br />I can't help it if you find me amusing <br />I aver I am as strong as courage, <br />It aint my fault you cant stop laughing <br />I am as clumsy as an oaf, neotic Venus <br />I am one of a kind, only as beautiful as me. <br /> <br />(A sequel to ‘The Temptress I’ by poet Sadiqullah Khan) <br />23/9/2008<br /><br />Reshma Ramesh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/as-beautiful-as-me-part-3/
