What lives within us,
Deep beneath skin’s shallowness?
Beauty is finite
Where the senses are concerned.
Time eats away at our flesh…
No one is immune.
The mirror lies to the young.
Tricked by ignorance
They believe it’s forever.
Surely age doth prove them wrong
As it has done for eons.
Better spent is time
Seeing the beauty within.
Love and compassion,
They have no physical bounds…
They cannot be kept.
These are things of true beauty,
Things cherished for a lifetime.
Given with no material cost,
But having immeasurable value
These are what are precious to me.
This is the beauty,
That lies deep within.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 
Beautiful. Yes, true beauty
Thank you so much Laurie. 🙂
🙂
The beauty of love shining from within is transformative and creates the aura often seen in pictures of the Divine — in whose image we are created.
Well said John, thank you…maybe you should try your hand at poetry if you haven’t already. 🙂
Dom, you are truly special to be seeking out this beauty and spreading it through your words. Thank you for sharing with us!
Thank you so much Kate for saying so, that is very nice and I’m glad you enjoyed this piece. 🙂
Love
Thank you. 🙂
👍 lovely! The beauty within….. Something we so very often miss, blinded as we are by outward appearances.
May I as you to check this one out?
Thanks! God bless!
Thank you Kunal for posting a link to your post, we are of like mind obviously.
A thought of eternity! Well done, and thank you! 🙂
Thank you my friend, I’m trying to focus on what is truly important.
Awesome message Dom! I love the poem my brother!
Thank you so much Wendell, that means a lot to me.