Beauty is the ‘art of self’

you look painfully unnatural,
pretty isn’t perfect,
perfect isn’t pretty
true beauty needs no cheap disguise,
wipe the mascara from your eyes
learn to master the ‘art of self’,
youth can’t be purchased off the shelf,
bypass applying cosmetic distraction,
attraction can’t take place
through a painted face,
beauty can wilt 
when internal balance tilts,
except your decay, 
a change is underway,
you can’t turn back the clock
with the abuse of Botox,
or enhance your 
sultry 
seduction
with a cheek enhancement 
or liposuction, 
real strength sleeps within 
your wreckage,
you are beautiful
never forget it,
your seasoned skin 
and, ‘those same kind eyes’
is where your true beauty lies,
beauty is the ‘art of self’
it belongs to you, no one else