By Crystevin
Date: 15 October 1999

Lines on my Face

Lines on my face
as i look into the mirror
tell the tale
of love and horror
history and misery
fantasy
reality.

I've been loved
hated
then loved again
by more than one
and now comes the time
to decide
where the next wrinkle lies.

I've felt my own fear
but never conquered it
drank myself silly
but with a fearsome sobriety
I look at my life.

I've never escaped 
the truth
or the lies
both yours and mine
they haunt me still
from time to time.

BUT 
i've survived
thus far
and i'm loved
this much i know
yet the unanswered
realities
of my own consequences
lie heavy upon my destiny.
watch me count the growing lines
upon my face.