Golden goodness glimmers deep inside me,
Radiant mercy, rising, freeing me;
Broken body, blistered, bent and blighted,
Acne-pitted, pocked and poorly lighted;
Wrinkled ridges raking 'cross my visage,
Smile-lines snarling, sagging into scrimmage;
Lazy lids that lurch in listless leaking,
Wandering eye weakly ever seeking;
Oily, ugly, haphazardly hairline,
Greasy, grimy, gnarled in knots that snare mine;
Postured pitched in painful crooked folding,
Spine like splintered scaffolds barely holding;
Ragged ribs that rasp in raw defiance,
Mirror made of me and my compliance.
Feb 15
Feb 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM UTC
Golden goodness glimmers deep inside me,
Radiant mercy, rising, freeing me;
Broken body, blistered, bent and blighted,
Acne-pitted, pocked and poorly lighted;
Wrinkled ridges raking 'cross my visage,
Smile-lines snarling, sagging into scrimmage;
Lazy lids that lurch in listless leaking,
Wandering eye weakly ever seeking;
Oily, ugly, haphazardly hairline,
Greasy, grimy, gnarled in knots that snare mine;
Postured pitched in painful crooked folding,
Spine like splintered scaffolds barely holding;
Ragged ribs that rasp in raw defiance,
Mirror made of me and my compliance.
Originally 141; changed to 283 after further consolidation.
