Monday, May 23, 2022

Aged But Not Deceased


age grips us like a beggar whose outstretched
arm is always ignored until his homelessness
invades our private residential communities;

age lives inside us all waiting to be released
once youthful exuberance has been replaced 
by our middle-aged, government complacency;

age is harnessed in time and time is offered
to us all in incremental doses according to our
latent mental and physical acquired abilities;

age pulls us in opposite directions throughout
our lifetimes reminding us constantly that time
always seems to have the upper hand today;

age teaches us very little that we already knew
from the limited experience shared with us by
family, friends, and a few selected co-workers;

age leaves us on the front porch of our thoughts
and waits for us on the back porch of our desires
knowing the two are always unattainable dreams;

age gives us decades to remember then robs us
of that same opportunity as it twists the mind
into seeing life as complex webs of forgetfulness;

age keeps us out of the grave by reminding us
that our unfulfilled obligations must soon be
taken with a grain of salt due to  incoherence;

age is a beacon of hope that dissipates over 
time when we extend our opportunities past the
deadlines given to us shortly after our delivery.


15 May 2022

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