Friday, January 20, 2017

Aging




Oh, the play and all the staging
set for aging, aging, aging
Director to the actors paging
come forth on stage and do your part
enable life to create art
Oh, the play and all the staging
set for aging, aging, aging
thin of hair and memory fading
frail of limb, body degrading
Oh, the play and all the staging
set for aging, aging, aging
Thoughts of life with some dejection
not ready soon for more reflection
Oh, the play and all the staging
set for aging, aging, aging
Not to be spared the day of reckoning
I fear the reapers call comes
beckoning, beckoning,
Oh, life's play and all its staging
set for aging
aging
aging




Ellecee



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6 comments:

  1. Very well composed. I tricked aging twice, but it had it's final revenge.

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  2. Love the tone so much, like reading "The Raven" after it has lived many years...

    The message is powerfully true, too.

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  3. Whistles!!❤️This is absolutely phenomenal writing, Linda. I love how you have carried the essence of the original poem into your verse, especially "Oh, the play and all the staging set for aging, aging, aging not to be spared the day of reckoning
    I fear the reapers call comes beckoning, beckoning." Thank you so much for participating at Prompt Nights and for your constant love and support❤️


    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  4. A wonderful poem - ageing is a strange thing - the more we learn the more we perhaps question

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  5. Oh, life's play and all its staging set for aging aging aging...so true and so Poefully stated. :) Great writing!

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  6. Very Poe like! Beautifully written, just a pity it reminds me of just how old I am.

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