PHILOSOPHY OF HAPPINESS
A THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL EXAMINATION BY MARTIN JANELLO
The greatest pain for the unwise is beauty they cannot possess. Act with respect and decency, then beauty will rise in you and join you.
the feeling
of good shoes
goes to her head
some beauty will pass
like a day
leaving
what we feel
when night comes
beauty has supreme power
empires are built and destroyed
in seeking to possess it
can’t stand
too much beauty
without possession
to soothe the ugly
inside of us
Captivating beauty awes us and fills us with wonder. But to inspire deeper and lasting attachment, it must tell its story and permit our connection.
beauty
inspiration
and vehicle
for another try
to approach pleasure
Beauty may be hard to bear when it stirs pain in us about unattained or destroyed beauty. But keep your mind open because beauty mends.
beauty among ugliness
essential reminder
of what life should be
old couple holding hands
renews my hope
that beauty can survive
although its focus may change
you convince me
beauty can win anywhere
because it has in me through you
beauty
siren of infinite goodness
inviting us to live in her
and not mind
dying in her arms
Beauty can be found in the symmetry of a snow flake, but also in the entropy of a gnarled tree.
the most beautiful places
littered with atrocities
hate and misplaced pride
all participants deemed
themselves good guys
and their crimes justified
beauty is not a luxury
it is harmony
with the universe
beauty is an inborn principle
of the cosmos
ugliness a temporary disruption
beauty and love
defy definition
mysterious
protean
closely related
endless
they define us
Beauty reduces evil by deputizing us to serve its harmony requirements.
we cannot own beauty
it will always flow
we only continue
to walk in its glow
by receiving and giving away
why is untouched by man
the greatest compliment
of beauty
the insecure and jealous
want deference and shame
from unencumbered beauty
to spread indecent pain
she bathed
in moonlight
nothing i could have added
her beauty was unconscious
until i told her
i could not help it
i see you
makeup off
hair frayed
deflated pose
you think
i love you less
i love the way
the rising sun
illuminates your hair
blinking a second
you smile to yourself
then share your happy place
what does she think of me
losing orientation
in her presence
stammering her name
her beauty’s brightness
blinds me in my darkness
we all have beautiful potentials
but whether we are beautiful
depends on how we treat them
true beauty shines
as a light from within
as if our bodies
were lanterns
many girls may be pretty
but beautiful girls
stand apart
their aura is markedly heady
because they expose their heart
beautiful woman
assured admiration
but how will she know
when she’s loved
seeing you
as you are
convinces me
straight lines
are greatly overrated
those suffering darkness
most beautiful souls
because they appreciate light
even her cuttings
of hair on the floor
keep echoing her beauty
the modeling agency
needed fresh blood
a vampire scheme of some sort
freed of my gravity
i fall up dimensions
to unknown realms
when i look in your eyes
please ground me gently
after these highs
blossoms like girls
sense the curtness of beauty
intuitive teachers
for living each day
the woman flowering
by the meadow stream
unapproachable
lest he would scare her
don’t look now she said
while she was not
what she thought
he wanted her to be
a pretty woman
with ugly attitude
will have an ugly life
users will value
her bodily beauty
but only for a while
matchless accessory
of women’s features
a coronet of daisies
her eyes mean
end and
endlessness to me
in a far forest clearing
she lies
looking up
into summer rain
wears nothing
but a ladybug earring
her skin is prickling
like champagne
beauty
pointing to time
fading possibilities
and measures to enjoy
yet also a sense of
eternity and completeness
in a moment
pretty trying to be ugly
rejecting all its potential for grace
she seemed
like nature in the morning
fresh snow
or a clearing
where shy animals graze
he felt sadness
with his hunger
natural beauty
she was his
to be natural with
© 2013-2019 BY MARTIN JANELLO
