"Bring Me Your Wrinkles"

"Bring Me Your Wrinkles"
by Bryan G

Your wrinkles show me your willingness to live. 
They show me the wounds of your life. 
They show me you risked. 
You risked to live, you risked to love, you risked to care along your path. 

To love you only for your unambigous assets is to not love you at all.  Thieves will love you for your assets. 

Narcissists, to the degree they are capable of loving at all, they too will love you for your assets.


Me? 

Bring me your wrinkles.....


We’ll meet discreetly at a romantic getaway.  The lights will be dimmed to non-existence. 

We’ll build a fire together…it’s all the light we’ll need. 

The couch is worn and soft….holding the secrets of lovers who came before.

At first, we’ll do the  lover’s dance of displaying only our finest....  But then….in a moment of mutual clarity,

we’ll lock eyes in a silent and vulnerable gaze.


Simultaneously, we  disrobe the coverings of our hearts….of our pasts. 

You see my wrinkles and hold them compassionately in your heart.  I see your wrinkles and describe the beauty I see within….each and every one.

By night’s end, we have collapsed….exhausted...

…resting  in the beauty of a trust just forged.