Are You Fishing For Compliments! ? Poem by Denis Martindale

You ask in such a simple way,
Attractive, yes or no?
As if the very light of day
Did not reveal it so...
As if the ones who pass you by
Did not make up their minds,
Explaining any reasons why
They would ignore the signs...

Yet there you stand with puzzled face,
Sometimes so full of smiles,
With twinkling eyes like stars in space,
The sight of which beguiles...
And blushing cheeks set off a shine
Above your cheeky grins,
Enough to find some Valentine
As charming as a prince...

And oh how gentle you appear,
To blossom like a rose
And blessing anyone who's near
Each time your true heart shows...
And yet you ask, as if confused,
Attractive? Yes, take heed!
No need for you to be bemused,
You're gorgeous, yes, indeed!


Denis Martindale,10 February 2016.