--- Title: Lines in the Mirror Date: 2015-07-31 19:37 Category: art Summary: | The mirror begins to show me lines / around my lips and across my brow / but I shall not mind their steady growth / so long as they are mostly wonder / â€¦ Tags: [poetry] ... | The mirror begins to show me lines | around my lips and across my brow | but I shall not mind their steady growth | so long as they are mostly wonder | with compassion mixed, and joy writ bold | 'til by God's grace an agÃ©d man | I wear deep these marks of life well-lived: | not scars, but prizes, fought hard and won | and full of hope for others after | (who may likewise four-score years do good) | and bright countenance bear to that end | which but another beginning be.