Why do you show me this face? <br />With dark circles about sunken eyes <br />Eyes that have ceased to sparkle <br />Eyes that have seen too much <br /> <br />Why do you show me this face? <br />With skin that no longer glows <br />Worn and lined no laughter lines <br />Playing around the lips <br /> <br />Why do you show me this face? <br />It only brings me to tears <br />It could have been a beautiful face <br />Now it shows its years <br /> <br />Why oh why mirror do you do this? <br />I clean you every day <br />So why do you show me this face <br />Surely its not the real me.<br /><br />Alison Smith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-do-you-show-me-this-face/
