Maybe my views on these things

Are wholly colored by what

I've been through, but whenever

I spend the time to observe women,

I find it incredibly sad how they

All seem to believe it's important

To look nice for others around them.

Well, the whole makeup regime,

The made-up hair, nails, and fashions

They wear, it looks pretty involved...

Which gives the allure it's important to them.

I don't understand it at all...

There is no part in me which

Seeks any sort of thing like that.

Being pleasing-looking for others

Doesn't strike me as something

That is anywhere important.

Why would I want to be looked

At in this manner, anyway?

Why would anyone?

Do women really need this?

Yet, practically all women do it,

Like it's a natural expectation of them.

It all looks awfully sad, and seems to me

Like there are other things in this life

Which have way more substance

Than how you may look...