You Are So Beautiful To Me

--"You Are So Beautiful", Joe Cocker

BEAUTIFUL
by E. Patrick Taroc

“Am I beautiful?” you ask me
As if any other reply
Could be returned but yes, you are--
More beautiful than most by far.
“But,” you ask, “where is this beauty
To be found? When can it be seen?
Most importantly—to me, I mean--
Is the eternal question why?”

“You are beautiful when you smile,
When your dimpled cheeks crease your face
Like tiny ripples on the ocean--
A hushed tempest of emotion.
And that beauty lingers awhile
When I see you laugh like you've won
A long five-hour marathon
While others are just starting the race.

You are beautiful when you cry,
When the world is proving too rough
For little 'ole you to handle;
Through your tears still shines a candle.
Grace is not ours to question why;
That's God's question to bear
For me waking to your brown hair
On my pillow is proof enough.”

Copyright 2010 E. Patrick Taroc (08/28/10)