We are

crumpled versions

 

of our

 

silk & satin

selves:

 

a blip in DNA

has washed

 

our youth away:

skin once taut

 

has melted

with the heat.

 

We are

crumpled versions

 

of our

 

silk & satin

selves

 

peering out

at someone

 

we once

knew.

 

We are

hidden

 

in these

craggy

 

cliffs & folds:

 

nothing

we can do

 

will rearrange

the change;

 

& those of us

who rushed

 

away,

 

are waving

wrinkle free

 

as life

defines us.