The
Picture of Dorian Gray tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the
subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Realizing that one day
his beauty will fade, Dorian (whimsically) expresses a desire to sell
his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has painted would age rather than
himself. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, plunging him into debauched acts.
The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his
soul, with each sin displayed as a disfigurement of his form, or through
a sign of aging.

I thought when I made the deal with the Devil 
it was forever but somewhere or somehow it seems it expired 2-3 years
ago. All of a sudden the painting (see above--me in 1972---I looked like
that until yesterday!) has gotten young again and all my
debauchery of the past is now showing on my face and body. Though I may
feel like the young hunk I was I look in the mirror and see an old man
looking back.

Now there is the wrinkled face, the ‘tags’ all over
the body, the sagging skin, the bags around the eyes, the creaks and
squeaks in the body. Okay, I earned every line in my face and I enjoyed
every bit of the debauchery but it was suppose to show in the painting
not on the real me--that was the reason I sold my soul to the Devil. Is
he, did he, withdraw from the deal and not tell me? Do I have my soul
back? How do I know? Am I end at the debauchery (I LOVE that word! LOL)
in my life?

No way is the Devil going to go back on the deal
because it hasn’t been easy doing whatever I wanted to do whenever I
wanted to do it without giving it a second thought.  Now do I really
have to mean it when I say, “I love you,”? What will be the result of
having mindless sex?  Do I have to think before I sin that each one will
disfigure my form and/or show/feel my old age?

Man you can’t even rely on the Devil anymore when you need him!!