Beneath That Makeup
Beneath That Makeup
Money changes people, but she changed for money,
what I had was less, so she sought more,
She found an undying spring,
money lathered her, and she drowned in its foam.
She has layered her face with exotic corrosions
till her inner skin glows in the sunlight.
It is her selling point - it causes commotion,
and it means more earnings - a better life.
But, I laugh at those who yearn for her lies,
Those who looked away before she was reborn,
but now praise her for her meek smile,
if only they knew what it hides. And oh,
I hear they say she is an early riser,
yet she awakens to polish her face before they awake,
lest they see what lies beneath her make up
and paint her lavish springs with a vast desert.
Beneath that makeup is a humility
overpowered by self blame of lack and insecurity.
It hides a beauty unmatched,
clouded by societal pressure of a better woman,
a better woman defined by color and weight.
I am now left with just our childhood memories,
while she sleeps less to maintain a figure eight,
I gave up hope of her return
but I stay patient and wait,
I wanna see her kids when they come,
maybe their faces will be what I expect.
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Hillary Ngweno
to the make up generation,very touching indeed
372 wk ago
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Lyndah
good one as always
372 wk ago
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Naomi
Nice poem...
372 wk ago
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Abed
He that looketh at a women. Let alone the painting look at her dressing the world is lost in her hades .
372 wk ago
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Mwachi Simon
Mirrors our current waves of life
372 wk ago
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Mwachi Simon
Mirrors our current waves of life
372 wk ago
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Musa Minati
nice one
372 wk ago
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Sumee
Nice one
372 wk ago
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Njeri
Amazing.You always hit the nail on its head.
372 wk ago
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Njeri
Amazing.You always hit the nail on its head.
372 wk ago
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Millen
Hahaha... Rapando you finish me. Damn sure the kids will be what you expect. That was great
372 wk ago
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Constant
u r painting the image, i ca c it,, nyc one
372 wk ago
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Sirrengoh
haaah this was pesonal
371 wk ago
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Rapando Jnr
Thanks Guys
371 wk ago
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Maryann
Nice work
371 wk ago
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Yvonne
Great piece there.....but sometimes a few times though the make up hides physical flaws.....it's had to potray your inner beauty when the 'makeup generation' looks at your face and not values
371 wk ago
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Edwin Michira
Nice read. Keep up.
370 wk ago