Why do you show me this face?
With dark circles about sunken eyes
Eyes that have ceased to sparkle
Eyes that have seen too much

Why do you show me this face?
With skin that no longer glows
Worn and lined no laughter lines
Playing around the lips

Why do you show me this face?
It only brings me to tears
It could have been a beautiful face
Now it shows its years

Why oh why mirror do you do this?
I clean you every day
So why do you show me this face
Surely its not the real me.

Alison Smith

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-do-you-show-me-this-face/