The Man With the Face Full of Life

A writer’s prompt from The Brain is a Noodle

His face is the work of the artist of life, Deep crevasses painted in 3-D The scars of a lifestyle of excess, Hurting and disappointing himself and others, Killing dreams and breaking hearts.

But there are other lines now, Setting off the sparkle of his eyes and the smile on his lips, They usually camouflage the past pain, If you look closely though, you notice it never leaves completely. He has won a few battles, but will he win the war?

She touches where the scars leave their marks, And breathes in the honesty that defines him now. His face is a memoir of not just today, but of his forever. “To know you is to love you.” He never thought that could ever be true, but maybe?

Thanks to the wonderful Lucy The Eggcademic (she/her) for challenging me in the writing prompt craft a character sketch and center your poem around this experience, or the character you imagined. I probably wouldn’t have gone in this direction without the prompt, so thank you!

Here are a couple of other poems from other writers I believe you’d like to read.

Anu Anniah writes about an important subject here.

And Sydney Duke Richey gets right to the point here, Well, sort of.

Kim McKinney loves characters, both real and imagined. She believes we are all the major characters in some stories and the supporting ones in others. All are interesting, in the eyes of a storyteller.