— The Beauty of Truth —

Life’s hardships can be softened by beauty,
Its weaknesses can be strengthened by truth.
When roses blossom, like realizations,
Beauty itself blooms from the well of truth.

— The Other Side —

Life, although anguishing, must be lived fully,
Since, if we’re alive enough to feel its beauty,
Then we’re exposed to the opposite twin—
Yes, Beauty’s other side is Melancholy.

— Essence —

When a deep truth is known so intensely
That all of its clothing falls away,
Then we have learned the beauty of truth, for
The reality of meaning is beauty.

— Opposite Twin —

When sadness brooded over the morrow,
I visited the deep well of sorrow.
There enshrined, inseparate, Beauty said,
“It’s from me that sadness you borrow.”

— The Life of Art —

Art and poetry enrich human experience,
But they’re no substitutes for the living of it.
Like Keat’s figures on the urn, should we live life less?
NO!—because what is deathless is also lifeless!

— Inseparable —

Soft breezes blow, caressing me and you,
As we kiss the roses and drink the dew.
Reason and passion soon merge into one,
As truth and beauty make their rendezvous.