The Wrinkles and the Tears

Today she lives on memories

Morsels of her past

Betrayed by time and left to die

Death's shadow has been cast

The wrinkles on her lonely face

Tell stories of joys and pains

A map of sorts, of who she was

Is all that now remains

She has no need for future things

No need to understand

Living now because she must

Beyond the things she'd planned

No one to tell her stories to

They start to fade away

She sadly waits her time to die

While living in yesterday

Trapped between this life and death

Her tears begin to speak

Another memory she won't share

Starts running down her cheek

She's now become invisible

It's like she don't exist

But when she's gone, it won't be long

Until she's truly missed

She had so much to offer us

Wisdom that we refused

Silently slipping through the cracks

A treasure that we abused

She paid the dues that life demands

Then quietly disappears

Left alone, she fades away

The wrinkles and the tears

Reviews

[Drifter]

incredible! You couldn't have written it any better; it really draws the reader into the emotion of the poem. again, fantastic!

[justthatgirl34]

This is absolutely incredible. You're a fantastic writer

[K-mo]

Amazing! love it a lot!!!

wow very nicely done and expressed.