Apparent and latent

When you are struck with a woman’s apparent beauty
You lose interest in it if not coped with her latent beauty.
If you are moved by a woman’s latent beauty
You are not tired; her apparent beauty matches or not.

Love one for the fire
And not for the hair.
02.10.2000, Vijayavada

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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