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Seasoned Skin
April 27, 2015
The red desert sun shines on your past
uncovers your secrets
like clear cut glass
I count the wrinkles, wrenches, wraths, and wounds
your skin has marks
like weathered prunes
Your seasoned skin
My peachy face
Its clear to me I am your trace
these scars do not warn death or end
these scars are not for the weak or meak
but
are the glory of a man
who lived with a boom
he feared not of being discreet
© Omar M., Philadelphia, PA
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My grandfather has had so many rich life experiences from struggling through poverty to fighting in wars to love and everywhere in between. His appearance reflects that. I think there is negative stigma about aging that I wanted to address. I personally don’t think wrinkles and other age spots make you ugly, but display what you have been through in life, whether its a furrowed brow from stress or wrinkles to get from smiling.