who’s face is in the mirror?
Once shining eyes now look back with less sparkle
there are fine lines where once smooth skin lived
gray shows in her once crimson hair
and she wonders
there have never been abs carved of stone
but now they are sporting spare padding
her once pert breasts hang slightly lower
and her ass once firm to the grasp has a softer tone
It is not just the outward things that make her stop
Her eyesight is not as sharp as before
Her hearing, well the radio is louder these days
and there are aches and pains where once there were none
so she wonders
How long will she turn his head before he looks and turns away
Will age and time make him see all that she fears
Or is it true that love is blind
Will he see they grey in her hair and grimace
or does he look at it and smile
Knowing that each one marks the passing of time
The time she lives in the crook of his arm listening to the beat of his heart
She knows you can not stop time
But she wants to
Back to the moment of that first kiss
of her first night in his bed
of the first time she heard him tell someone she was his
to those moments when she forgot her age
and when she was a little lighter and tighter and sexier
at least in her own head
back before she looked in the mirror and wondered
Michael said,
January 13, 2016 at 4:51 pm
This is so touching. Share it with your man…he will hold you close and you will know how much he adores you and, though the time has passed, he would take that same path again just to be where he is now with you and so excited about the future. I really liked this, beautiful!
loneyheart said,
January 19, 2016 at 9:45 pm
thank you for your kind words. I am the one who worries about nonsense. He is always telling me how beautiful and sexy i am. I am truly blessed to be so loved.