Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Getting Old


I once thought
            turning 30
was getting old

sore back
            teenage years
long gone

but today
            my brother
turns 70

while I remain
            a sprightly
13 years younger

So, what’s old
            and, how do we
define it?

Is it
in
the eyes of the beholder?

Old and decrepit
hair turning grey
past it

are all phrases
            used
to describe

anyone
            older
than oneself

which suggests to me
            that
getting older

is much more
            a state of mind
than

what actually
            and invariably
happens

© Peter Bean

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