Name: Nur Jalilah Binti Abdul Aziz
Class: LGB5D
Semester: 5
Title: Perfection
Word Count: 261
Category: Poem
Brief Summary: A poem about how people perceive beauty and what humans usually desire in general. It is about the injustice caused to others when they do not fall into the perfect category of beauty, wealth and other successes.
Other Details:
Perfection.
It’s times like these that
I wished that the flower may not be a flower
That the stars would not be stars
For what is beauty if beauty is nonexistent?
It’s times like these that
I hope the goddess was not what she is
That her face and form be wrought from her will
For is a goddess still a goddess without her
Perfect hair, perfect nose and perfect lips?
When fat and twigs are considered ugly
When shallow minds turn from books fool-hardy
It’s times like these that
I demand the minds be obliterated
That the fools would realize from their idiocy
For why torture the so-called “imperfect” people of the earth?
For they have done nothing to thee!
When light shines across the earth
And midnight stars are all a glimmer
Millions of humans weep
They weep for beauty, for minds and wealth
For what is perfection when nothing is?
There was a time, I remember it well
A saying that some might tell
“One man’s meet is another’s poison”
If that is so then couldn’t perfection vary?
Could a man desire wealth over fame?
Could another desire wine over rain?
Could one weep for his lover and not for his mother?
Could perfection be perfect to one’s eye but not to the other?
When darkness falls and everything is still
When the midnight owl glides down for a kill
Will millions still weep
For beauty, minds and wealth?
For what is perfection without a flaw?
What is a flaw without fault? And what is perfection without perfection?
EDITED BY: Maisarah binti Ahmad Kamil
3 comments:
A cliche that comes to mind is "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", and I think this poem sums it up completely. It's absolutely beautifully written, and enjoyable to read. There's something smooth about the way the poem is written that's enjoyable to read.
I like your use of questions in the fifth stanza. All the questions just makes us think that beauty is truly subjective, and it is silly to think that what's beautiful for you may be beautiful to everyone.
The last line is great. It's one of those phrases that stays in your mind because you just try to find the answer to the question even though there isn't any. Overall, a beautiful poem.
Beautifully written :) Nice poem with poetic lines :)
-Najiha Elyani-
Thank you so much for your wonderful reviews! Both to the Young Scriptor Club's committee and to Najiha Elyani! I'm so very touched and pleased to read such wonderful praises about something I've written! Thank you so much. :)
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