Skin
Skin
I’ve had an oily skin
And a face full of acne
Ever since I was 13
The curse of my teen years.
No one ever said I was pretty.
The oily skin persisted
And persisted
At 72 it’s still oily
And I have no wrinkles.
The curse of the teens
Turned out to be a blessing.
Who knew?
If I had known when I was 15
That my zits would disappear
And my face would be smooth
For 65 more years
I might have had more courage
For the rest of middle life.
When you see a teen
With a shiny face
And zits all over
Tell them this:
Tell them how beautiful
They are
And that all of their current pain
Will vanish
In the blink of an eye.
They will arrive on the other side
Of 25 or 30
Glamorous, stunning, ready for anything.
About this poem
A face full of acne during my teenage years along with my relative's criticism of it dealt a blow to my confidence that took a decade to overcome. This poem is advice to every adult who is close to a teen with acne.
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Written on November 15, 2022
Submitted by clairef.07551 on February 11, 2023
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | XABCA DDAXXE XBXXCXX XXXXXXXXXXXE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 712 |
| Words | 160 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 7, 12 |
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