THE ART OF AGING
you’re only as old
as you think you are
I think I’m getting
younger every year
therefore you’ll soon be
catching up with me
twenty years ago
you thought I was old
I was twenty-nine
and you were nineteen
now you’re thirty-nine
and I’m just nineteen
you’re ten years older
than I’ll ever be
you see you’re only
as old as you think
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Don't you know! It's never too late to take The NaisaiKu Challenge?
Sometimes it feels like time is going backwards, and I think the poem works well to describe that feeling.
ReplyDeleteahh..it is an art...your words, I mean.
ReplyDeletevery nice.
xoxo
AGirlNamedMe
I like this. Especially the last line.
ReplyDelete:) sweetalkingguy you talk love.
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at http://eternitycallsus.blogspot.com/2009/03/rosy-surprise.html
I am still 21 ......its just that I have plenty of years of experience!
ReplyDeleteThat should work for quite a while, yet. Good thinking...
ReplyDeleteA vitally important message in there.
ReplyDeleteMy husband also takes years off to calculate his mother's birthday. She just turned 13 (or is it 87)? And he is perpetually 14. A nice little poem, whimsical and fun to read.
ReplyDeleteAge is just a number that society dictates, in my eyes.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to the 'silent' verses 'silence', as I told the other chap: 'silent a hush' meaning to make a hush silent, 'silence a hush' would be like telling the hush off! Silence seems more formal to me and I am the crazy girl in the Poem, see? So if it doesn't make complete sense of the English language, good! No really 'silent' is to me to put a stop to, not 'silence' being the absence of such. Am I making sense now?
Thanks for your comment though. Much appreciated, you.
Let's see. 19 + 10 = err, 29. And 39 - 19 = let's see, oh forget it! I think you are older than you think you are!
ReplyDeleteI like being my age. Well, most of the time. I certainly have no desire to go back in time. But that's me!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful concept. Well done!
ReplyDeleteClever! My old brain almost had it figured out...lol. :~)
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly how I feel with my daughters!
ReplyDeleteAnd I am quite sure the way they feel about me, constantly telling me I need to grow up!
Nice one!
i totally agree.
ReplyDeleteFun poem.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you think and I must agree ;-)
Rhythmic.I come across something innovative everytime I visit u.I do have a different type of poem on my blog after a long time.Pls do drop by.
ReplyDeleteThat made my head spin! LOL!
ReplyDeleteI think I might be heading towards being an ageing adolescent!
Wonderful--I love this poetic interpretation of the topic!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog!
lovely and whimsical. reminds me of the movie - the curious case of benjamin button. if only we could all age backwards, once we cross 30 that is. or 40. or 50.
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