“THIS BEARD OF MINE”

STARTED OUT AS PEACH FUZZ ABOVE MY LIP – A FAINT LINE,

AND AS I GREW OLDER IT GREW DARKER AND THICKER AS IT BEGAN TO REFINE,

I NOTICED MORE STRANDS STARTED GROWING ON THIS BABY FACE OF MINE,

AT POINTS I WOULD CREATE WITH THESE HAIRS SOME SORT OF DESIGNS,

MORE TIMES THAN NOT I WAS SEARCHING FOR THAT PERFECT WAY TO MAKE IT STAY ALIGNED,

TRYING TO PLACE MY OWN SIGNATURE, MY OWN TWIST, MY OWN SYMBOLIC SIGN,

AS I GREW OLDER IT TOO GREW WITH ME MORE AND MORE AND NEVER DECLINED,

JUST MEANT THAT I HAD MORE WAYS TO BE CREATIVE IF SO INCLINED,

THERE WERE MOMENTS I CUT IT ALL OFF AND ALLOWED IT SOME TIME, 

TO GROW BACK IN ALL OVER AGAIN AND ALLOW IT TO BE REDEFINED,

SOME WOULD SAY I LOOK LIKE MY DAD SOMETIMES,

WITH THOSE VERY COMMENTS I WAS PROUD AND ALWAYS FINE, 

NOW I HAVE MY OWN SON WITH THE SAME SHADOW OVER HIS LIP – THE SAME KIND!

KNEW HE WOULD HAVE IT THOUGH SINCE HE WAS YOUNG I SAW ALL THE SIGNS, 

I AM VERY CAREFUL AND ATTENTIVE WHEN I DINE, 

NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN ANY FOOD TRYING TO COSIGN,

AT TIMES I FEEL IT IS IN THE WAY SO I FEEL A LITTLE BIT CONFINED, 

OTHER MOMENTS I AM HAPPY I HAVE YOU AND FEEL SO DIVINE, 

WHEN IT IS CARESSED I AM ON CLOUD NINE, 

TAKE THE LAST TWO  SENTENCES COMBINED, 

THEN YOU CAN COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF WHY IN MY MANHOOD I FEEL SO ENSHRINED,

YOU GREW MORE AND MORE REFINED,

COMFORT AND CONFIDENCE IN HOW I WEAR YOU I DO SOLEMNLY FIND, 

NO MATTER HOW MUCH I CUT YOU, YOU COME BACK STRONGER IN KIND, 

NOW SOME GRAYS YOU HAVE BROUGHT ALONG TO THEM I AM NOT BLIND, 

JUST SHOWS THAT I HAVE SOME WISDOM TO SHARE, BUT FAR FROM OLD I’M,

CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH YOU GROW MORE WITH FATHER TIME, 

I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ENJOY AND ALSO LOVE THIS BEARD OF MINE. 

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