Aging

Her face is changing. 

Her skin is different. 

Her body is not quite the same as it once was. 

She doesn’t know how she feels about it. 

Weeks go by and her skin is looser. 

Months go by and her smile is changed. 

Remembering back to when she was younger and thinking, “if only I could have valued myself more, if only I could have treated myself better.”

Time goes on with each click of the second hand. 

The sun sets and rises, and she continues to find her way. 

Still learning, still growing, yet now looking a little different and feeling a bit more further away from who she once was, yet still always the same.

• M.