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ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

0 posted 2013-05-11 03:55 PM

I am at the hair salon today.
As I sat, waiting for my turn,
I looked around and witnessed
the beauty of women in their natural state of color,
telling the stylist of the change
they needed to feel beautiful.
Tears fell from my eyes
when I whispered to myself,
but you are beautiful
if only you had the innocent eyes of your youth, to see the truth
of the beauty you hold
when others behold,
You.

E.M.L.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-05-11 04:23 PM

Yes. Absolutely yes. We are a people bent on looking at beauty with covetous eyes. I see the models, rail-thin, looking like cadavers, some of them and I want to scream, eat! for gods sake, eat! The slick magazines tell young girls how they must look and they grow up with major complexes because, come on, not all look like they want them to look. I just about got carried away here. I'll hush.

~*~ I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me. ~*~

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2013-05-11 04:45 PM

So very true, Edn a. If only people could appreciate what they have while they have it.
Ida

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

3 posted 2013-05-11 05:10 PM

Such a slice of life reminds me of my days spent coloring what I should have been happy to have all along

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

4 posted 2013-05-11 07:55 PM

OMG what a powerful statement! We all could stand to have those society-colored-tints removed from our eyes, couldn't we? Well done, Egirl.

Michael

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2013-05-12 05:42 AM

So good to read you again, dear Ebonygirl, and what you convey here is all the more important as now even teenagers think they need to look different to be appreciated by others. Nature is so generous and gives us all our own characteristics, and yet so many girls and ladies want to look like somebody else.

I am happy with my white hair now ... come to think of it I should change my picture on here

Great, thought provoking poem (though of course it may go against the interests of hairdressers, but they could create other services to enhance natural beauty).

Have a great day.
Margherita

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

6 posted 2013-05-13 07:12 PM

To see in innocence! How Beautiful! Enjoyed!

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