Bare cleavage
and messy hair-
needs a washing
sultry in the heat
but she no longer cares.
To pimp and to prep,
to look glamorous and less
unkempt.
It’s in a moment-
she can recall
that the youth of her beauty,
has abandoned her all.
Her everything, as middle age, settles in.
Relief comes in too and acceptance,
that the rarity of true beauty resides-
not only in a body, but in her heart, soul and mind.