Self Portrait

For WC... my first piece composed entirely on WC.

Dark, coiled locks cascade down

passing broad shoulders;

framing a chocolate brown face

with high cheek bones,

and a slender button nose.

Full lips that love to kiss

dreams and high hopes.

The strongest feature

are those eyes,

strangely, they hold within them

strength and weariness.

They've seen too much, but

still they refuse to shut.

They paint such a tragically,

beautiful portrait...

that I am glad to call my own.

Author's Note

Thank you for reading. A special thanks to Angi for extending this exercise to me.

Reviews

[Joyce S. Greene]

You have painted a self-portrait that suggests your inner self by the things you say about your physical characteristics. That is not easily done and you did it very well. Your inner strength in the face of pain and tragedy shines through along with your readiness to love. Excellent poetry!

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Thank you so very much for those words. You have captured the essence of this piece firmly!

[Joyce S. Greene]

You're very welcome. I enjoy reading your very fine poetry

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

It is very mutual, Joyce.

[KaylasPoetryBook]

A beautifully done description of you. I love the way you speak on your physical features as well as what they represent (lips that love to kiss, eyes that have witnessed too much) I love it (:

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. I tried my best to describe me, without turning it into a confessional or heavy piece. lol

[KaylasPoetryBook]

Well you did a really good job, you're very welcome... (:

[TrimarcoRansome]

They've seen too much, but
still they refuse to shut.
They paint such a tragically,
beautiful portrait...
that I am glad to call my own.
I love these lines, after describing your physical face you finish with these wonderful words. Your poetry is going from strength to strength!

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Thank you... I truly appreciate your kind words. I think you almost called me cute. ;) lol least that's how I want to interpret it. haha

[TrimarcoRansome]

Haha I may have! Your writing is really growing with each write, its wonderful to watch.

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Wow, can't tell you how much that means to me. I just found my earliest pieces this week, they are the last pieces my father read before passing away when I was 15. I wish he could physically experience the writer I've become today. Your words will be kept close and thank you again.

[TrimarcoRansome]

His spirit will be with you, peoples spirits are far more important than the physical

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

You speak truth... he just was one of the few pillars keeping me up in a world that tried to tear me down.

[TrimarcoRansome]

The others are just as important, they teach us the harshest lessons ;-)

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Still, truth flows from your lips. Its surviving those lessons, that we see what we've learned. I'm appreciative that I may say, I survived my trials... still learning from them though.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

a really apt description of a poet...eyes that see and won't shut, a pen that writes and will not run out of ink.. "full lips that love to kiss dreams"

beautiful..

we can only hope to kiss our dreams in greeting, not in goodbye.

jacob

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Thanks, Jacob your words and thoughts are very much humbling and appreciated.