Beautiful Wrinkles
Every wrinkle on this old face
Springs from an inner state of grace,
Every line is designed to amaze.
No need for you to avert your gaze!
I would never even dream
Of Botox nor youth-seeking cream.
Why should I conceal what youth yet lacks:
Love, warmth -- even sweet tears from setbacks?
Despair -- that made me warm and wise,
Which would-be beauties might despise.
For these lines prove I've laughed and cried
And loved -- and lived -- before I died.
If beauty is indeed just skin deep,
Each lovely wrinkle is mine to keep!
(Author's Note: A special thank you to Stephen Colley for his work in polishing this piece, and making it into a sonnet about loving yourself for who you are. Check out some of the work of this talented writer. I particularly loved his poem, "The River".)
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 766 |
Words | 144 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2, 1 |
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