Though some people thought she was beautiful,
she always said she was cute.
Perhaps she was both.
Beautiful to some, cute to others.
I decided on cute because to me cuteness is
often more appealing than beautiful.
Beautiful can be offputting and distant.
Cute can be sweet and approachable.
Cute can make one smile, with a charming appeal
beautiful often lacks.
Beautiful can be high maintenance.
Cute is usually less materialistic and more natural.
Whatever the case, beautiful or cute, I wish
I could have been with her, but I was too old
for her and she was too young for me.
But I’ll never forget her cuteness, more
beautiful to me than any beautiful woman
I’d ever known or seen.
Bob Boyd