Physical beauty
is only skin deep
and the skin
is not very deep.— Shilashanti
When you pretend to be who you are not,
by putting a fake expression on your face,
are you wearing a figurative mask?
Why are you hiding and who are you truly?
When you pretend to be who you are not,
by putting much make-up on your face
are you wearing a kind of mask?
Why are you hiding and who are you truly?
When you pretend to be who you are not,
by putting another ‘face’ on your face
are you wearing a literal mask?
Why are you hiding and who are you truly?
When you pretend to be who you are not,
by surgically changing your face
are you wearing a kind of mask?
Why are you hiding and who are you truly?
If the little piece of skin
on the nose is missing,
is the beloved still beautiful,
or are you just ‘so superficial’?— Shilashanti
