Showing posts with label old age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old age. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
How it feels to turn 60: the verbal
“How does it feel?” people
keep asking me,
As if my turning 60 was a weight--
As if each decade had a
density
That made me suffer and not celebrate--
As if it was a wound to
have more years
Behind me than I have ahead of me--
As if, just like the
closing of frontiers,
The one thing missing is a eulogy.
I have to say, I don’t
feel any change:
The ticking of the clock is still a call
To take new chances and
expand my range.
The moment’s in the movement, after all,
And Life’s a tune that each new moment
sings.
How does it feel? Like wings.
It feels like wings.
Copyright 2012 Matthew J Wells
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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