Have I become so bitter So tainted in thought That I lose appreciation for beauty? For where I have begun to see weeds Others see Merely a beautiful flower Perhaps it is simply a reflection Of our inner selves The child of beauty saw a flower The child of darkness Saw a **** But perhaps that is merely An overexageration For I still see beauty Even where others would say none lies I hesr beauty in sounds considered mundane And relish every contact With things and people That I consider lovely Perhaps it is That pain does not breed Bitterness And cycnicism Always But sometimes As an indulgent god Might grant a weary motal a boon The pain instead breeds A greater appreciation For all things An eye which sees beauty Even in what others Consider weeds An ear which hears beauty Even in sounds Considered mundane And ugly Fingers which feel warmth And beauty In all human contact And in all the things Which over a lifetime They may have the joy Of coming into contact With