My Face

my current feeling more like a battle field

MY FACE

 

I put my hands on my face

I touched

and pinched

What I felt

Were like fluids

I went for a mirror

To get a perfect look

Now my face was like boils

More like a battle field

It bleeds and bleeds

Each time I try to squeeze

It pours some blood

After every pinch on the top

 

My face now besieged

By the wars of my fatherland

With no joy

It made my face

The likes of a promise land

I looked, I thought

What could stop the pores

Acne and pimples

Stuck on my face like dimples

Making the face look as dead

Less elegant

As hell

So much irritant

 

Like a recurring decimal

Were born each generation

Hereditary

in my face

were lots of decoration

of pore and spots

 

how can I move them away?

They were a thousand more

The more I killed

The more they come

The more they queued

The more I mourn

Shall I lie and beg

They might feel my tears

Shall I kneel and plead

They might stop to bleed

Or shall I live them to reside

Maybe they shall leave

When it’s time

 

 

Author's Note

pimples, spot and pores never let me be
critiques?
what do you think

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

It's a greater sadness that so much time and consideration is spent on the outward appearance when the inward character may be so much different that what we see. Many a beautiful woman has contained the heart of a serpent or a greedy leach. Stress and hormonal changes can be aggravating factors to facial blemishes such as rosacea and acne. Take good care of you. Blessings from the Appalachians. F.

[Neville]

I applaud your self disclosure and hope the situation in question improves real soon . Neville

[Richard M]

A very difficult situation Tumi and one that I remember from my youth. I understand only too well the battles you talk about. Look in the same mirror Tumi, I want to know of YOU. Look into that mirror; the determination in your eyes, the strength of your soul and mind, what drives you everyday to live this life, what stories of family keep you going. Change the focus! Write about the strength, desire inside you Tumi. These things will speak to the masses.
Take care my friend
Richard

[Thad]

A very poignant
poem 😢 sorry you're
having this problem,
hormonal changes do
cause this acne problem,
lotions and creams will
help and eventually that
problem WILL clear up. 👍
Best wishes 🙏 Thad

[tumi]

Thanks for the kind review
And advice

[Thad]

👍welcome my friend!

[Marie]

Dear Tumi, I agree with Fabian that what you are experiencing is hormonal changes in your body. Every teenager goes through that change and there is only one answer to it. Your local pharmacy will have a special face wash which you use twice a day (morning and evening) and after a few days you will notice that they are clearing up and soon you will be acne free again. You have captured excellently what it is like to be a teenager with acne. I remember, buying a special face wash at one of our local pharmacies when I was a teenager and I am very happy to say, it worked very, very well. Great poem! Thank you for sharing, dear Tumi...

[tumi]

Thanks for the kind review and advice

[Marie]

Most welcome always, dear Tumi...