Foot of the Bed

days go by quickly
months and years too,
age becomes old age
minds get bolder;
faces show wrinkles
hands display veins,
legs walk wobbly
friends forget friends
and also die away;
hope is replaced with oatmeal
entertainment leaves the eyes,
cold become unbearable as
does the humidity sometimes;
and, laughing is infrequent,
nails no longer bitten

eye brows no longer trimmed
while all three cats sleep
deeply at the foot of the bed
just in case the need to
urinate in the night returns.

11Nov16