Burn Victim Haikus

She was beautiful

But nobody saw her soul

-Only her burned flesh

 

She was beautiful

But nobody saw her mind

-Only her body

 

She was beautiful

But nobody saw her heart

-Only her anger

 

She was beautiful

But nobody saw her dreams

-Only her vile life

 

She was beautiful

But nobody saw her hope

-Only her despair

 

She was beautiful

But nobody saw her light

-Only her darkness

 

She was beautiful

But nobody saw her grace

-Only her unease

 

She was beautiful

But nobody saw her smile

-Only her sad tears

 

She was beautiful

But nobody saw her fate

-Only her perils

 

And thus her beauty

Faded under her newly

Adopted eye view

 

Here’s to the fools who

Couldn’t see your beauty, but

-I’m looking at you…