Elder Drawing- (Martinez)

Story of the face.

 When you look at her, you can see she knows.

The crown of grey shows the wisdom she has learned over the past five centuries.

Her brown spots across her face are the road maps of the hardships her has survived.

Her skin,

So withered it’s like taunt paper,

So fragile it feels so brittle when you touch,

Her skin that has the constant glow

But is actually from always cooking and feeding you.

Her eyes,

The real depth of who she is in the eyes.

Her eyes that are honest,

Her eyes that always are kind,

Her eyes that are so brittle.

So hurt from the past, yet healed from the now with kindness

Her mouth,

So thin and delicate,

But yet always so blunt in calling me on my bullshit and tellin it straight.

So many wrinkles is such a small area.

The origin of all the good advice,

The funny lessons to be learned

and the adversity she would rather I didn’t have.