Envision
an appreciation
of your impurities
exfoliated into an aura
rather than a facade
unbalanced on
secrets.

Unlike a lace gown
sewn to his eye's perfection and fragile to intrigued fingertips.

Separately framed from other self-portraits
displayed for onlookers to applaud the absent authenticity, and
for the egocentric to endorse their entitlement.

Beautiful
     (noun).
                  Uniquely embellished soul
     (adjective).
                  Not merely innocent
                  Not purely ******
                  Not fearful of the exotic
     (verb).
                  Facing the sun and forgetting
                  All analysis of the world around us,
                  Splashing each other with our reflections
                  In the puddles rippling the rainbow.