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.