Beauty

My love,
this heart is not swayed by your physical beauty.

It is swayed
when you utter words of knowledge,
when you advised with wisdom,
when you are graceful with your prayers,
when you stayed silent
in moments of anger,
when you showed
strength and patience in adversity,
when you isolated yourself and wept alone,
when you were gentle with the orphans.

Such elegance,
and so I will say it again;
my heart is not swayed by your physical beauty.