Self Portrait

                                             4 eyes to see the world

                                            2 blue blurred by dreams
                                                      and visions
                                                     of a fantasy
                                                     child's world
                                                    speckled with
                                                     confetti and
                                            ghost whispered secrets

                                           2 framed filters sift dreams
                                                      to realities,
                                    washing away whimsy and mystery
                                                revealing the finer
                                                    details of the
                                                    muddy Monet
                                                that is actual reality

                                                 Nose freckled from
                                                years of experience
                                                dimpled by tragedy
                                                  rounded by joy
                                                 a little ball to rub
                                                        for luck

                                                     Kiss print lips
                                                        soft pink
                                              right corner up turned
                                                        sly grin
                                                  creeps 'cross my
                                                      round face
                                               framed by a flow of
                                                chocolate-caramel
                                                      swirled hair

                                                 This is how I look
                                                   but not always
                                                     who I am