Pain In Beauty Poem by Samah Khan

There is pain in your beauty
And it hurts me to look at you
My own self-esteem faltering in the throes of such perfection,
God-made, I cannot create it
And when I look at you
All I see reflected in your beautiful eyes
Is my incompetence

There is pain in your beauty
For me, if not for anyone else
At one end of my loyalty, is steadfast pride
And the other end, which is inclined towards my wishes,
Is envious of what I can never have
And you have it all
Though you are too blind to see
That you are the epitome of perfection
Maybe that is where your flaw is:
Not being able to distinguish your blessings from everyone else’s
But still
All I see reflected in your chiseled features and strong face
Is my incompetence