Once I used
to get angry
when I made
a mistake.
Now I am merely
grateful when
I don’t
Category: cancer
The red Porsche
You will find
it is best,
all things
considered,
to get your
mid-life crisis
out of the way
as early as
you can. Old
age crises are not
a pretty sight.
Relativity
Time goes slowly –
waiting for Xmas;
sitting in a
dentist’s chair;
at a family party;
waiting for
exam results;
waiting for
biopsy results,
but it never goes
more slowly
than when you
contract Shingles
Sufficient
If you have
never had
Shingles
ask no more
of your
lucky stars
But he survived
A magpie just
hit the window –
thump! – an awful
whack. Flying along
with your family
in the morning light,
singing, not a care
in the world, when
suddenly, unseen, an
obstacle nearly
breaks your neck.
Much like the course
of human life.
Learn to suck eggs?
So,
you can grow
new brain cells
even when you
are ninety? But
what are you
going to do
with them?
Drought
“Scattered showers”
says the forecast,
but as an old man,
in a dry year,
waiting for rain,
I have little confidence
they will scatter
over me.
When you begin
life your forecast
is for scattered
patches of good
fortune. But you
can no more control
their arrival
and departure
than you can
control Autumn
rain on your farm.
Timeless
You drift
through time
like floating
on an ocean,
until you wash
up on the shore
while time
drifts on
And lucky
You need
to be
really fit
to survive
old age.
Always
The youngest in the room
The smartest in the room
The poorest in the room
The happiest in the room
The saddest in the room
The oldest in the room
The sickest in the room
The deadest in the room
