Showing posts with label age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label age. Show all posts

Saturday, December 18, 2021

I Would Fly but My Hip is Acting Up,

 


Linking with the Sunday Muse for Muse #191 hosted this week by the utterly amazing poet Shay!

Come join us!


"Everything slows down with age, except the time it takes cake and ice cream to reach your hips." - John Wagner

 

 

I have become heavy like a ship

But not so sea worthy

Capable of sinking at more than an iceberg

I cannot pinpoint the exact moment

Nor remember when I could no longer move with the ease of a raven

I just know now my being is cumbersome and weary to run

It happened like wrinkles and joint pain

A slow conjuring of proof of the journey

Slow like a teenager heading to chores

But sooner or later the leaves are flying all around you waiting to be raked

Dishes are crusted and need to be soaked

Just like my feet