take all of your clothes off! <br />stand in front of a long mirror. <br />there you are! <br /> <br />no costumes, no makeup, no lies. <br />just you. <br /> <br />greying, wrinkled, toes and fingers <br />bent; <br />shadows under your eyes, <br />bruised, and worn. <br /> <br />there you are! <br />in all the beauty <br />of years and scars. <br /> <br />breathing, aching, just being. <br />lifetimes and stories written <br />in human flesh, and hope. <br />beauty!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/buddha-steps-7/
