Makeup Poem by .Pd. is here

Did he say
He loved girls with
Kohl smeared eyes
A pink blush
Tint of juicy lip gloss
A shimmery eye shadow flushed?

I thought he did;
So I got to the task
at hand, the makeup-
Kohl, blush, lip gloss
Eye shadow
And all of that.

I blinked my eyes
Looked into the mirror
The face I saw, I despised.
Was it really ‘me’?
Or was it the girl that
He wanted me to be?

I met him at the dance,
My crush, it was crushing me!
I stole a glance
At him, he looked back.
Crying out “from beauty to beast,
What’s with the makeup, Preeti? ”

With moist eyes I said
“I thought you liked girls with makeup and….”
He put his finger to my lips
From my eye a big tear slipped.
Cutting through the makeup;
He held my tear with his hands cupped.

Heartbeats quickened, Eyes dreamy
Standing close to me he said,
“unk the makeup
You are Beautiful without it,
I love you too
I have to admit.”

Was it love? Or just a moment
Of attraction shared by two hearts
Graced by the stars above?
Neither of us cared to know;
Thanks to the makeup
The confession of love did flow,
And even with the ghastly makeup
My face did glow! ! ! !

(29 May,2006)