Beauty

Dictionary.com tells me that it means

the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure

 or deep satisfaction to the heart or mind

I’ve discovered that that definition is different from country to

country, when it comes to beauty apparently there isn’t just one

kind 

Kayan, a tribe in Thailand, place rings to help elongated their

neck,so they wouldn’t consider you “beautiful” until they check and see

that the measurements are what they accept

long hair, jewelry, saris, and homemade remedies

those are just  few of India’s beautifying necessities

in a village of Mauritian, the bigger the better

young girls are force fed so they can be more attractive for their

men you might be thinking that’s the opposite of anorexia in the USA

but think again you see the appearance might be different but the outcome is the

same little girls, and maybe even boys who are ashamed

of who they are because they think they aren’t good enough 

skinny enough, tall enough, light enough, dark enough

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, sometimes I stop

and wonder so, what exactly is beauty?

can it really be attained, or is it just a pursuit that human beings

have made their duty is it even something that can be seen with the eyes like shiny cars

and bling, stacks of money, and the finer things,

an obsession, insanity with perfection that has caused so much

grief if only they could crack open a Quran and find that “verily in the

remembrance of Allah do hearts find relief”

Naima Mohamed

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