Story Lines
I’m enlivened by my lineaments. They show where I have smiled.
Without them, I am sure my face would be too bland and mild.
It surely would be awkward if I had no tracks or lines.
A face would be so boring without channel marks or vines.
Wrinkles liven up a face. They show where it has been.
They tell what’s happened in one’s life, but don’t tell where or when.
They leave up to mouths and hands to embellish the story
with details more specific—more romantic, funny, gory.
Your face is the epitome of how you’ve lived your life.
It shows the tracks of pleasures, of sadness and of strife.
Without the stories that they tell, there’d be no place to look
anywhere on your body to read you like a book!
Word prompts today are lineament, epitome, awkward and liven.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
You’re absolutely right. The lines give us character and uniqueness.
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We never said that until we had them, though, huh?
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Nopes! It’s face saving?
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Ha! You always give me a good final zinger.
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😃🙏
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What a clever poem showing the true beauty and pertinence of the odd wrinkle or two. Greta work, Judy.
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Thanks, Mason..
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Really liked this one Judy because I can really relate to it~!,,,,,,, No wait, you said “lineaments”,,,,Sorry I mistook that word for liniment; but I liked it anyway, and great photo too~!
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Ha. They made me use that word. I had to look it up.
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You have made having wrinkles a thing of beauty. Lovely poem.
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Thanks, Kate..
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Love this poem with photo, Judy!
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Thanks, Becky…
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Looking great, Judy, and the poem gives a deeper meaning to your look.
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I decided it was only fair to use a photo of myself to demonstrate..
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Excellent decision.
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Beautiful! I love my lines!
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Aaaaw, great poem, Judy. But I really love the pic – stunning 🙂
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Thanks, Linda.
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Thanks, Linda. I’ve been cutting my own hair for 20 months.. can you tell?
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Not at all 😊
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This makes me want to stop thinking “I’m getting old” every time I look in the mirror. They’re just “story lines.”
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Good for you. That’s the intention.
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I knew a woman in her 50s with a smooth, unlined, face. One never knew what she felt
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An unread book…
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Indeed
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I love this face!
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Aw. Thanks, Judy.
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