Age, you came by way of withering hands
aching bones
and missing smiles- i remember the smiles,
tucked away
in old albums in an attic where a burned
out bulb
swung with its deacon, the dark.
Ah! yes, you have all things ready for me in a
quiet place
i’ll be there, by and by, as weariness continues to
haunt me
(after all it is your messenger, what sense is this)
i already
feel the skeleton of your fingers, thin and damp
touching me
a cold, airy vengeance- a shadowy portend.
i cover one eye as i slowly grow older,
it hides
my tears- yet, my hand feels my sadness;
perhaps we
can strike a bargain. … let me dance
once more
barefoot in my memories, days of yesteryear.
As i bid my friends adieu, may i say with certainty
there wasn’t
a place quite like my eyes, for with them i
have seen
much beauty, felt much love- like morning
crimson sun. …
now my soul lays me down to sleep, i am alone.
Copyright © 04/26/18 lance sheridan®
Beautifully sad. Makes me think of my Grandma and her piles of photo albums. We would spend hours looking through them. After she died they were all broken apart and separated amongst the children. Now we can’t see them all together anymore just like I can no longer see her.
Thank you for sharing a special part of your pass… very sad. I greatly appreciate your thoughts, support and marvelous writing talent!
I love it!
Thank you!! As I do of your writings!
Thank you.
My pleasure!
Beautiful words! Congratulations 🙂
Thank you so very much! And, for the wonderful inspiration through your writings!
This is beautifully written!! 🙂
My utmost gratitude and appreciation! And, for making our time here a better place because of your writing!
I’m being humbled by your kind words, Thanks, and you are very welcome!! 🙂
My sincere pleasure!
Awww, Lance, these images are striking, painting a canvas of age swallowing the firm body of an aging man. I loved the imaginations this reader’s mind took on this journey. Barb:)
Barbara, thank you for your wonderful thoughts, my dear friend!
beautiful and poignant…as I age I relate to some of these feeling and the revelation that I will be closing my eyes and saying adieu to the memories and loved ones.
Dorianna, as we pass on, a new generation begins anew. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I appreciate your support, and your talent!
you are very welcome Lance..BTW, I see you are still going thru the archives. I appreciate your reading my poems. a few weeks ago many of my blog poems didn’t make the transfer. I am in the process of reposting…please bear with me when you see a title with no poem. Should be finished soon. 🙂
Your work is very much worth going through the archives! And, it’s a great pleasure, Dorianna! I wish you the best!
Beautifully written!
Thanks so sincerely, Chris! Greatly enjoying your fantastic work!
Powerful, descriptive, imagery of a process we all will know sooner or later…Beautiful in its accuracy, but sad in its reality…
Karima, so sincerely appreciated! And, my thanks for sharing your excellent work!
Beautiful!
Luisa, thank you. As is your work!
🙂
Touching and evocative, Lance. Since I am creeping up on old age, I can relate to this, but I can honestly say, I don’t mind. Clear out the old, you know, to make way for the new. 😊 And I never have fancied living forever. I’m curious to know what lies beyond.
Kaddie, I’m always so very appreciative of your thoughts! And, your wonderful support of my work. To read your pennings is to breathe darkness, sometimes the light. So exceptionally talented!
It’s always a pleasure to read your work, Lance.
And thank you for your kind words.
You’re very, very welcome, Kaddie! And, I sincerely appreciate your marvelous support of my work!
Hi Kaddie and Lance,
There is the saying that “Life begins at 60.” Just when we accumulated enough wisdom to live sensibly and wisely, our body and mind begin to decline with age. How ironic!
Lance, I left you a very long comment at https://soundeagle.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/do-plants-and-insects-coevolve/#comment-9538
Have you thought about my proposals?
So sincerely appreciated- thank you! I need a little extra time. Many thanks for everything that you’re doing and for your support!
I did not realise that you have already read my long comment as I did not receive a reply and/or a like earlier.
I myself have written poems, aphorisms and Haikus on others’ blogs or websites. As you can see, I am capable of applying sophisticated styling elements to poems, texts and images. I shall await your poem(s) and you can certainly look forward to your poem(s) receiving artful treatments. Some of my poems may even contain animations, such as the one at https://soundeagle.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/%e2%9d%84-%e2%9d%85-%e2%9d%86-snowflakes-tell-me-why-you-are/
In the future, you are welcome to reblog any of my posts containing your poems.
Thanks so very much! Very much appreciated!
Age is relative Lance. Dream of those days when you chased the girls and caught one.
Stay young.
Eddie, you’re absolutely right! Thank you, and I greatly enjoy your talent as a writer!
Powerful and evocative, Lance. This beautifully written poem hit me especially hard because I’m already there, late eighties. Still, I hope for many more years in which to read your work. You are an especially talented writer.
Barbara, many, many sincere thanks! I’m on my way there as well. I very much appreciate your exacting thoughts, and your marvelous work!
superb poem, Lance.
Francina, my utmost gratitude and appreciation! Your work is absolutely stunning!
A poignant portrait of aging. It brought tears to my eyes.
Aging, horrendous! But you outlined it well. We are truly all alone as we meet our end. Well written, thank you!
Thank you for your thoughts, Susi! Your work rocks!
You’re welcome and thanks, Lance! I appreciate it. 🙂
My pleasure, Susi.