That's Me ! | Natasha Josefowitz

That's Me !

Natasha Josefowitz

It's the crow's-feet

around my eyes

and the puffiness

below them.

It's the furrows

on my forehead

and the wrinkles

on my neck

that make me

place my hands

upon my temples,

pull back and say:

"See, this is how I would

look with a face-lift."

And a face

ten years younger appears,

but it's not mine. Then I let go

and smile at the familiar one,

knowing that's me

trying to grow older

gracefully.