Too Much Truth
Age gives rise to strange thoughts…
I blinked, and youth became yesterday
My children approach fifty
My grandchildren are the singularity
The great parody of life
That we become humorously exaggerated imitations
of our former selves
An excess of saggy skin over stringy muscle
Deeply etched lines that trace smiles and frowns
long gone
Oversized joints that prefer the part of Newton’s
Law that states:
Objects at rest prefer to remain at rest
Inertia hurts less
Vision that tends to look inward more clearly than
outward
Ears that grow large but hear little
Hair once raven, or red, or flaxen
Now gray
Only gray, like the ash of a burned-out fire
But we are not burned out!
We may appear grotesque and vacant behind
rheumy eyes
Our warped forms serve to disguise the sizzle and
spit within
The knowing that comes from decades lived
And the rage that flares when we are
Overlooked, or coddled, or condescended to
We are not invisible, incapable,
Or insignificant
And yes, we are closer to death than 97.2% of the
world’s population
So listen up!
When we die, our wisdom dies with us
The last generation to grow old naturally,
Passes away
And so does this world as we know it.
writing for self-discovery 
Jul 05, 2025 @ 16:29:22
well said
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Jul 06, 2025 @ 06:52:40
Thank you.
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Jul 05, 2025 @ 21:27:55
Sherry,
Excellent words. Beautiful poem.
Jan
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Jul 06, 2025 @ 06:52:09
Poetry is one of those things that just happens when I’m contemplating life, or death, or morning, or sunsets, or…
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Jul 06, 2025 @ 02:05:03
Loved this. At 91, I can only say that aging is the reverse of blooming from infancy to adulthood as days go faster as we reach the end of life. Physical limitations become more onerous and limiting. The best days are those where one has to do nothing. But there are still times of joy.
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Jul 06, 2025 @ 06:49:28
I can’t imagine the feeling of 91! Thanks for your insights.
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Jul 06, 2025 @ 06:42:38
Sherry- I wanted to thank you for your ongoing posts. They are insightful and inspirational. BTW we met long ago @ Tryggâs, and we talked about Iran.
Blessings
Jim Danburg
An Information Asset Protection and Resiliency Portfolio Strategist
With expertise in Information Security, Classification, Risk, Governance, Compliance, and Resiliency (BCDR)
M:612.210.9771 james.danburg@gmail.com
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Jul 06, 2025 @ 06:46:39
That’s impressive! I remember meeting you, but couldn’t have said what we discussed. Thanks for reading my posts.
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