Makeup

When you wake up in the morning And you put the makeup upon your face Do you try to cover up the age and lines Or only the sins and deceptions and the disgrace. Do you try to place on a happy smile By putting bright lipstick upon your lips Or do you try to cover up your own hard life Something that someone like you never forgets. And as you look into your mirror Do you powder the many lines upon your face The lines that has stretched from years ago Unto the present days of your life and waste. Do you try to cover up the bags under your eyes From all the many restless and sleepless nights The nights when you cared not where you went As long as you went and held on to someone tight. Do you place the powder upon your cheeks To make you look so cheerful and so very nice But as they say you cant judge a book by its cover And if they knew you, they need only to think twice. And as you are preparing yourself for the day With your makeup in front of you and on the shelf Does it take you a little longer to put it on each day As you try to cover yourself up and become someone else. The makeup you have will you pass it along one day And then show someone else how to cover up their lines Maybe your sisters or even maybe your daughters That is though if they need to cover up their lying. And do you ever step back away from your mirror Do you ever try to look at yourself as a whole Does it ever bring tears into your heart and eyes Do you ever wish that you still had a soul. So as your prepare to start your brand new morning With your lipstick and powders and so much more Do you ever wish that you could just wash your face clean And never have to cover up your ways and lies from the nights before. Randy L. McClave