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I look into your eyes as my fingers gingerly trace the creases on your face, those telltale shaded rays filled with generations of events that explore the depth of one’s soul. I say, “How amazingly beautiful they are.”
The lines of life, where expressions exist in fields of age
lines of distinction where narrations of stories unfold
into a weather-beaten ebb and flow of unique experiences
some think it’s antiquated and creepy, others say it is a sign of wisdom
forehead wrinkles, crows feet, and the gaiety of laugh lines
all earned within the hymns of love, grief, unspeakable challenges
pierced by arrows of sorrow with a warrior spirit as births were stilled
for the eyes to witness and appreciate the beauty that was transformed
character that has been chiseled onto a canvas of statuesque artistry
and so often many look at those wrinkles in time with disdain by appearance alone
when they don’t realize these lines of excellence are truly regal gifts of times past.
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