The Lines on Your Face

Lined 

Lived in 

Lived 

Experiences 

triumphs 

failures 

learning 

etched on our bodies. 

A map of our past 

no key 

but a picture 

of a life lived 

in creases 

and texture. 

A beauty to be viewed 

and perhaps felt 

as each furrow 

and line 

speaks a story 

an emotion 

a memory 

to be seen 

and understood 

if time is given. 

For time 

a cause 

an answer 

to the creator 

of every stunning 

and unique line 

etched in to the canvas 

by a master artist. 

We all carry our map 

some well defined 

deep creases of knowing. 

Some less defined 

a hint of a memory 

perhaps held on 

or hidden 

from the eye of the beholder. 

Lines 

Lived in 

Lived 

to be celebrated 

not hidden 

not covered 

but shown to the world 

to show a life 

and beauty from within 

and the true person 

behind the mask 

we so often portray. 

So let the lines play 

and dance 

and sing 

and show the world 

the map 

to the real you.