Love and Beauty

I lost my mother, please! Help me in finding her,

"How does she look"? Asked the king,

"She is the most beautiful lady in your kingdom", replied the boy,

The king ordered a search for the pretty ladies in the place,

But none turned out to be the mother,

Time passed and one day a lady approached the king,

"I am his mother",claimed the lady

The king could not believe as she appeared quite unsightly,

But when the boy came running to her and hugged her,

The king got to believe,

When the king narrated the story,

To Zen master, he explained,

Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder,

Its love that begets beauty and not the vice versa,

The boy loved his mother not because she was beautiful,

But his mother was beautiful to him because he loved her.

So if somebody appears beautiful to you,

Remember! It is love!