“No one told her that so much of life is spent being old”Carol Shields - The Stone Diaries
What is “being old?Name the criteriaNumbers?70,80,90 years?Being feeble?She knows feeble teenagersThat is surely sad but none the less trueBeing confused?Well we all know that oneBeing set aside to yourplace on the sofa?CloserWisdom?We wishBad knees?What of injured athletes?Dementia?Too oftenIllness?Comes at any ageShrinkage?UsuallyWrinkles?Sun lovers have those early onToothless? MaybeLoneliness?PossibleSTOP ALREADY!!Nobody knows for sureSo just keep on keeping onwhen you’re oldyou’ll know itTrust the processDon’t be waiting on itDon’t countLife?It’s a crapshoot
Ellecee
Day 29 - NaPoWriMo - 2022
Inspired by Carol Shields, Poet
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