Eye of the beholder

We're always reminded, aren't we
On every screen, on every page
we turn.  Perhaps somehow we too
might find a way to measure up
the secret serene gaze?.

Today we go shopping, my fine
tall daughters and I - who looms
above the others in the store
that pause in aisles to gape
at what they think they see.

She smiles and looks at me
as if to say it doesn't matter,
even if we both know
there are times and ways it does
and what we also know is this:

Beautiful is understanding what you
connot ask from those who stare
more than their eyes, more than ours.
And beautiful is finally judged
By all the reason that you're missed.

~Mark Vinz