Beauty

Beauty is a state.

T'is a Home to come home to;

a heaven on earth.

It resides within.

Beyond the control of Man.

Light shining for all.

And beheld

by God alone.

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My Anne is beautiful. I can not touch her, I can not hear her, I can not see her, but I experience her in the love we have and I know she is truly something wonderful, amazing... beautiful!
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Love of Purity

Love of purity

is the gain of chastity,

a freedom within.

Strength in modesty,

comes from a love deep within -

respecting others.

Chastity is this -

t'is a love, first and foremost,

a freedom within!

T'is a freedom - kind -

a return to innocence,

and right relations.

T'is a release - from -

the bondage of the body;

a joy in the soul.

T'is a release - sweet -

yet difficult, and God-filled;

severe is the test.

T'is a release - gained -

through prayer's battle, through faith,

by grace, and good effort.

T'is a release - from -

the horror of slavery

from sins to recoil.

It's fruits are sweetest

when love draws you the nearest

to God and heaven.

It is not prudish

sullen, awkward, or ugly.

It is beautiful.

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Said the Angel -

Erika Ching

When I think of you -

I think of what we've been through;

a wringer, it was!

I want you to know...

Erks, through it all - I love you.

I'm so proud of you.

Walk always

in Beauty.

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Beauty seem woeful and static when associated only with externals. Its meaning can never be confined to the merely physical.

For beauty is the virtue of those whose art is life.

Indeed, there is something true about the beautiful that escapes time and place...

So trust in God, Erika, and walk always in Beauty.

Natalie

Petite, erudite,
shining with another light,
beautiful and bright.

Hollywood glamour
was never your life's measure;
means to better ends.

Your starlight
is your own.
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I simply refuse to believe the Black Swan rumors...

Em

A human being
to be loved, must be loved
from eternity...

Past, present, future,
converge at the heart, and now
you're a young lady.

Walk always
in Beauty.
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Glimpses

We desire beauty,
but Beauty everywhere hides,
so love may find Her.

There's hints everywhere...
glimpses. Just enough for faith
to make hearts fervent.

But Beauty
is jealous!
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Art of Life

Life to be lived - must
in Beauty be realized,
as Her expression...

This motion is art,
it paints, acts, sings, and creates;
it fills with colors...

Art reminds,
remembers.
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Sakura

The color pink signifies tenderness and fragility.

Beauty is fleeting

T'is like a stranger calling:
Do you remember?

Beauty in glimpses,

flowering for a moment:

Do you remember?

When it comes...

embrace it.

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Cherry blossoms signify the fleeting nature of beautiful things

and so it also signifies strength of remembrance.

Friendships undergo a lot of comings and goings - in this life -

and so if we are not mindful of it,

how worthy are we of its reward?