Bygones Burn

Grin and bear it, grin and bear it
then into a mirror I stop and stare at it 
And wonder if the face I see 
bears my resemblance candidly

I study long the one stood there 
eyes stinging red the more I stare 
But nothing ‘cept a guise to see 
Show me the truth, I beg, I plead 

Show me my ugly, its naked form 
Sprawling, nervous, blue forlorn
A coward born from feared perception, 
help us see God in our reflection

Prying gawks cast t’ward the scene
Aghast, their starlet’s mug’s obscene
A spotlight empty, a deep dark hole
Too long to reap, she must now sow

Point the limelight t’ward the stern
Aboard this vessel, “Bygones Burn” 
At last comes night, the ocean stills 
Sinking now, lungs turned to gills