My eye sight is fading
My hearing not the best
My skin is dry and spotted
With marks I haven’t seen yet
My hair is now grey
My face has wrinkles
My energy is out the window
With no indication it will ever return
…it seems just yesterday
I was in my youth
Dancing and laughing
And surrounded by friends and family
With age comes changes
Both good and bad
All I can do is
Muddle through the best I can
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – youth
She was always on the go
From here to there
With a plan on her mind
She had a certain kind of moxie
That let her tackle any problem
Then disease came and robbed her body
And slowly claimed her mind
I will always remember the woman she was
And not the shell of frailty she became
She will always be special to me
the ice cream is melted and dripping
what is left of the cake is smashed
wrapping paper torn to shreds
the scene almost looks eerie
there are no people around
only empty memories left behind
another year spent frivolously
no hopes to hang dreams on
just another year stretched out before you
on the uncaring road of life
