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Flowers and Age

‘I’m okay, you’re okay’ is a mask in the land of pretend. Hide your face and how it twists into such an ugly thing, How it wrinkles and fades into what none could call beauty. Hide your skin and the odd colours that bloom beneath it Like flowers. You age like flowers do – beauty ebbing away as they crumple, Ready to become dust again. ‘I’m okay, you’re okay’, you claim. Okay, but nothing better. You have the odd ailment everyone suffers from, but you never see it portrayed, It hurts until you realise that the most beautiful thing in life Is finding beauty in places society cannot, or will not, or shall not. Remove your mask, and be the first in this glossy magazine world, In this world of models and secrets and plastic flowers To cease pretending that you are not beautiful When you have been all along.

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 10/28/2023 1:54:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. I really enjoyed reading your "flowers and age" write. Age is just a number. Have a great day writing away....................

Evelyn Evelyn
Date: 12/15/2023 9:14:00 AM

thankyou :)

Miranda Hawley

Date: 10/26/2023 7:15:00 PM

I am in my mid/upper 40's and my age is showing in several ways. In fact I've always looked older. At age 18 I was told I could pass for 20 something. In my 20's after I got a pixie cut I was told I look 40's! *Never got a pixie cut again, hair is shoulder length. Point is your poem is talking to me on count of I really hate now days showing my age, and hate even more that I look OLDER than my age. That said congrats on your win.

Evelyn Evelyn
Date: 10/28/2023 9:44:00 AM

i truly believe ageing is one of the most beautiful things. also, thankyou :)

Beata Agustin

Date: 10/19/2023 2:34:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts, so wisdom-filled, through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed."

Evelyn Evelyn
Date: 10/19/2023 12:22:00 PM

thankyou. :)

Daisy Meadows

Date: 10/16/2023 2:45:00 AM

A lovely poem and description. Well done.

Evelyn Evelyn
Date: 10/16/2023 6:56:00 AM

thankyou! i really appreciate that :)