Poems about Aging
#aging
Poems about aging and the aging process. Poetry about what it's like to watch family and loved ones get older. Poems about aging includes everything from a midlife crisis, to our twilight years.
Dotage
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Dotage
How would / will I know
with no one to observe
Tell me
Remind me
Write it down. . .
Living alone
Having chats
Acknowledging
affirmations
without a different
point of view
Yes, I’ve read up on
the symptoms of
ancient aging
diseases
passed on DNA
(hoping it skips a generation)
But how would I even
be aware if I became. . .
As I grow older & fatter
I have put a laminated
note on my bathroom ...
Dotage
How would / will I know
with no one to observe
Tell me
Remind me
Write it down. . .
Living alone
Having chats
Acknowledging
affirmations
without a different
point of view
Yes, I’ve read up on
the symptoms of
ancient aging
diseases
passed on DNA
(hoping it skips a generation)
But how would I even
be aware if I became. . .
As I grow older & fatter
I have put a laminated
note on my bathroom ...
#identity
#LifeChangingMoment
#aging #NaPoWriMo2024
#aging #NaPoWriMo2024
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moonlight drive
full moon
blood orange,
the stars
in their
bone boxes,
all waiting,
bowing,
perhaps
it is
sentimental,
in
the event
it was
once weddings,
fat babies,
now, this
and that.
blood orange,
the stars
in their
bone boxes,
all waiting,
bowing,
perhaps
it is
sentimental,
in
the event
it was
once weddings,
fat babies,
now, this
and that.
#childhood
#aging
#nostalgia #dating
#nostalgia #dating
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6-WORD RECIPE TO TRUE HAPPI NESS
GOD
MAN
WOMAN
MATRIMONY
PROGENY
PERPETUAL
MAN
WOMAN
MATRIMONY
PROGENY
PERPETUAL
#marriage
#God
#aging #pregnancy
#aging #pregnancy
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Glimpses of a Time Fading
I went to church every Sunday
worked my hands to the bones
made good money
bought me and my wife a home
we had big dreams
most of them fell short
rented an R.V.
was gonna travel the roads
too many responsibilities
set that on the back burner
got into politics
voted conservative like my father
no one is ever prepared for tragedy
lost my job, my dog
tried to keep it together
but nothing seemed to go right
worked a few dead end jobs
never got far
it's hard to start over when you're older
took...
worked my hands to the bones
made good money
bought me and my wife a home
we had big dreams
most of them fell short
rented an R.V.
was gonna travel the roads
too many responsibilities
set that on the back burner
got into politics
voted conservative like my father
no one is ever prepared for tragedy
lost my job, my dog
tried to keep it together
but nothing seemed to go right
worked a few dead end jobs
never got far
it's hard to start over when you're older
took...
#TruthOfLife
#memories
#aging
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Busted in the Morning
Good Morning,
You did one thing wrong, you woke up
If I haven't told you before
I'm sick & tired of this rut
As my stomach turns
Acid reflux burns
I know exactly what I must do
I know how you feel,
when you eat a meal
Go look in the mirror
Can't look at you,
you're busted every morning
My headache is now gone,
relieved we have no spawn
Use to be a naughty ass slut,
now all you want are glazed doughnuts
Doesn't matter how much you think
or the number of hairs in...
You did one thing wrong, you woke up
If I haven't told you before
I'm sick & tired of this rut
As my stomach turns
Acid reflux burns
I know exactly what I must do
I know how you feel,
when you eat a meal
Go look in the mirror
Can't look at you,
you're busted every morning
My headache is now gone,
relieved we have no spawn
Use to be a naughty ass slut,
now all you want are glazed doughnuts
Doesn't matter how much you think
or the number of hairs in...
#morning
#food
#rhyming
#aging
#boredom
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A Greying Twilight Vision
Grow old with me
Snuggling cozy by the sea
As the sunset of our life
Reflects the sunset of the skies
In vibrant living colors
Visual of the peace we find
In the vibrant tapestries
Of each others mind
Let the gentle sea breeze
Mimic that gentle touch
Of our fingers still caressing
Each others cares away
Sinking to the sweetest calm
Of love well-worn through decades
Finding our life’s sunset rest
In togetherness
We won’t be lonely there
Sitting cozy by the sea
Savoring the eventide ...
Snuggling cozy by the sea
As the sunset of our life
Reflects the sunset of the skies
In vibrant living colors
Visual of the peace we find
In the vibrant tapestries
Of each others mind
Let the gentle sea breeze
Mimic that gentle touch
Of our fingers still caressing
Each others cares away
Sinking to the sweetest calm
Of love well-worn through decades
Finding our life’s sunset rest
In togetherness
We won’t be lonely there
Sitting cozy by the sea
Savoring the eventide ...
#love
#dreams
#aging
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Spaceboy
Hey you, what are you looking for?
A star struck voyager on his way to Mars?
Hey you, what are you smiling for?
I thought we both were meant to sing the Blues.
And I’ve lost my mind again,
I must have flown far too close to the Sun,
But you were there by my side,
You took the wheels and flew me straight back home.
But Spaceboy you’ve got to go home,
Spaceboy, you’ve got to go on your own,
Spaceboy, you’ve got to go home ,
Time is running out.
I look back now now to the child I was,
Nothing seem to phase me in...
A star struck voyager on his way to Mars?
Hey you, what are you smiling for?
I thought we both were meant to sing the Blues.
And I’ve lost my mind again,
I must have flown far too close to the Sun,
But you were there by my side,
You took the wheels and flew me straight back home.
But Spaceboy you’ve got to go home,
Spaceboy, you’ve got to go on your own,
Spaceboy, you’ve got to go home ,
Time is running out.
I look back now now to the child I was,
Nothing seem to phase me in...
#LifeStruggles
#aging
#nostalgia
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finish line finished
the minutes
hours
days
weeks
months
years
pass by me like a Farrari
on the Autobahn with it's
gas pedal nailed to the
floor board
and I'm stuck in an old beaten
down Ford with one cylinder
going south, an oil leak, four
tires going bald and low
on air
hours
days
weeks
months
years
pass by me like a Farrari
on the Autobahn with it's
gas pedal nailed to the
floor board
and I'm stuck in an old beaten
down Ford with one cylinder
going south, an oil leak, four
tires going bald and low
on air
#fate
#aging
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Saturday Night
I don't know what it is
That you're trying to say
Your tears and strained emotion
Are standing in the way
If you want me to leave
It's all you have to say
Just a smile and a snarl
And I'll be on my way
Now you're trying to smile
Through all the snot and tears
You want me here with you
Just another Saturday night
That's all there is to us
A beer and a fight
And the ultimatum
And then the snotty I'm sorry
I'm sick of this
And sick to death of me
And my love has drained away ...
That you're trying to say
Your tears and strained emotion
Are standing in the way
If you want me to leave
It's all you have to say
Just a smile and a snarl
And I'll be on my way
Now you're trying to smile
Through all the snot and tears
You want me here with you
Just another Saturday night
That's all there is to us
A beer and a fight
And the ultimatum
And then the snotty I'm sorry
I'm sick of this
And sick to death of me
And my love has drained away ...
#aging
#bittersweet
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and no robin hoods
strange that I find life harder to understand than I did when I was a child I simply read beneath the
blankets or roamed in the woods, going home in time for tea, knowing for us they’d be no banquets ..
blankets or roamed in the woods, going home in time for tea, knowing for us they’d be no banquets ..
#aging
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Nobody Writes Me Letters Anymore
It’s almost a lost art of communication and expression
We used to transform our notions to paper and pen
Spent time and effort to convey thought and emotion
It almost seems almost extinct in these latter days…
We must reclaim and recall the flair of simpler times
When connection took patience and charm to build
And show those who matter most that we still care
By putting in the work worth of closer relationships
We rely on technology so much we’ve lost that gift
Because in such a fast paced world no one has time
And if we don’t...
We used to transform our notions to paper and pen
Spent time and effort to convey thought and emotion
It almost seems almost extinct in these latter days…
We must reclaim and recall the flair of simpler times
When connection took patience and charm to build
And show those who matter most that we still care
By putting in the work worth of closer relationships
We rely on technology so much we’ve lost that gift
Because in such a fast paced world no one has time
And if we don’t...
#technology
#aging
#art
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Abscent Pictures
Many frames are empty
memories seem to disappear
not much more to create
isolation is what I fear
Journey decades back
this wasn't the case
family and friends fulfilled my life
was in a much happier place
Now I'm old & tired
watching the days move by
not much more to live for
passing the time, waiting to die
memories seem to disappear
not much more to create
isolation is what I fear
Journey decades back
this wasn't the case
family and friends fulfilled my life
was in a much happier place
Now I'm old & tired
watching the days move by
not much more to live for
passing the time, waiting to die
#sadness
#loneliness
#rhyming
#LifeCycle
#aging
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