Uluru Texture, Ayers Rock, Nothern Territory, Australia
Abstract, Detail, Olympus OM-2, Poetry
by Patrick Jennings

The Texture of Beauty

What seems smooth
From afar
Proximity reveals

Scars
Pockmarks
Weathering

Textures of
Distress
Hardship
Healing

Evidence of
Strength
Tenacity
Resilience

The marks of true beauty

Weathered Sandstone
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Northern Territory, Australia

Taken during travels, 1994