lines

so as i mentioned in one of the first few posts, i have some 'pieces' that i've been working on, and every now and then i'll muster up enough courage to post one up here for folks to see. this one is kinda 'spoken-word-ish-y.' i wrote it a while ago...

sometimes i trace
lines-inches from my face
i must pace
myself-they are tricky
life lines, love lines, the how-many-times-i'll-marry-lines
ancestral lines, scar lines, the
i'll-make-your-palms-look-fine lines
up-and-down lines, side-to-side lines, the
i'm-make-your-mind-real-dizzy-lines
straight, definitive lines fall into
curvy, hidden lines fall into
almost-fading-but-still-there lines fall into
the brownness of my skin