Reflections
I look at this woman staring out of the mirror
She looks tired.
Heavy grey circles weigh down her once bright eyes
Pulling with them lines etched on her furrowed brow
Her auburn locks faded now, a mix of peeking white through on offer dye
Lines have taken over dimples
Gravity has worked on this woman
heads turning for a glimpse, bygone
Inside her minds eye remembers
She and I share a sigh
I lower my gaze
hopefully she still sees the beauty..i believe it is still there as we age...sometimes we just got to look a little more...smiles.
ReplyDeleteI wrote this a while back Brian after a particularly heavy night shift, was feeling wrecked. Yet I guess we all feel a little like this as we age - it does see
DeleteSuperficial, but we all miss our looks a little. Wisdom is very attractive though.
Understand - but beauty is seen with the heart, and what has faded has been replaced with living life and gaining compassion. Go gentle on that faded beauty there's fire still in those eyes.
ReplyDeleteTo true. I love the wisdom which comes with age.
DeleteWe do need to look little bit more.
ReplyDeleteWe do....
Deletereal beauty is often not so visible for the eyes but all the more precious.. think we lost a bit of that feeling with our "Schönheitswahn"...means our mad striving for youth and beauty
ReplyDeleteWhat a great word!
Deletesometimes better not to look anymore... it's what's inside that really counts... smiles
ReplyDeleteI agree, always the inside more important. :-)
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