Age Experience Lessons Polite Smile Questions Irritation Circumstance Fulcrum Chaos Containment Life

Age and Experience

The story of a life

Isn't found in a glance,

Nor measured by age.

 

"You look so young!" They say,

Questioning looks thwarted by

A polite smile. "I hear that a lot."

 

As if they entirety of my experience

As a human

Can be found on my features.

 

As if the lessons life has

Taught me

Can be learned in a single look.

 

Circumstance can be a fulcrum,

Creating ever expanding chaos,

Contained only by those that created it.

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

It's not what they ask, it's how they ask it.