Bones ache
Muscles burn
Feet feel each step, every inch
Joints creak like a rusty hinge
In spite of the fluid that settles around my knees
There is white in my beard now and it’s spreading
It must be heavier than the dark brown
My back hurts from the weight
I never imagined being sore from sleeping
But maybe that is what muscle memory is
And I just remembered the last fifty-three years at once
Perhaps I crossed some threshold, some boundary I did not see
And here gravity’s effects are weightier
Or perhaps it is proportional to the distance traveled
The journey from knowing it all to realizing that I did not even know that I did not know
It has been said that if one is going to be stupid they need to be tough
Young ignorance can absorb many blows without penalty
The price is paid later and funds the reining in of the ego
Unconscious pain of youth absorbed and later converted
The birth pains of wisdom require awareness of every move and its impact
Feedback long delayed in youth are eminent and felt here in this new older place
The wear on body and soul speaks now calling me to put away childish things
Nudging me to focus on what is indeed important and a part of my Groove
Wasted energy and wrong directions require payment now
There is no longer the luxury of “one day I will”
Each day is all there is, now is all
It has always been so, and I begin to see if only through a glass darkly
So I welcome the reminders of life and its living
And am grateful for the painful grace that has brought me here
I had to smile, sorry for the mistake in my comment before. My youth caught up with me I could so associate with your work there
No mistake. I am glad for your smile :l
Hahah
Are you making fun of an old guy?:)
When’s the album coming out?
🙂 I talked to my sound guy the other day about that. Part of me wants to re-record all of them but another likes the dirty aspects of not being overproduced. I think in the end I will keep some as they are and redo the others. We have some others coming that he is working on now. As far as an album I need to figure out what that means. Thank you for stopping by. It is always great to hear from you!
At age 53, I hear you about dispensing with the luxury of “one day.” Now is what we have, regardless of age, and I pray I’m making the best of it.
Good for you. Just have fun. I think its a good indicator
No one says it like you do.
Lordy! Isn’t THAT the truth! 😀 He’s got the gift for sure! He’s a true Bard at heart.
‘Birth pains of wisdom” – I can so relate to this poem. I have a few more years up on you, so perhaps more aches and pains. I’m not so sure about ‘putting away childish things’ – I quite enjoy being a kid at times! I guess it depends on what it is of course. Nothing too strenuous 🙂
You know what I’m talking about. 🙂
Thank you for being here. May the child at play absent ego be perfected in us all.
I think you should get Fim to write the preface for your book if and when you get around to writing one! 😀 She’s got all these magical words. She takes my breath away! You two make quite the pair! <3
She is a lovely soul
I am grateful for the bench I find upon the grass, ever green, for this is a place where the gardener has tended with love and passion. The Sanctuary is filled with a glow, golden, rich, and warm; light that ceases never. This is an oasis, and I find it once again filled with words, whispering of the journey, the crossing of a threshold, the arrival to the place which has been waiting. It is a place, not material, but a substantial ethereal. Many have walked it, those who came before. What a splendid elder, unfolding and opening to a new way of being. It will soon be as simple a way as each milestone reached had been, once inner understanding blends with youthful will, to allow the sowing, the growing and the harvest. Welcome, my friend to a world of wonder.
You paint an awesome picture with your words. I think I am in that world of wonder now 🙂
Good morning my friend. You are most welcome here. That you for stopping by
Thank for your gracious welcome my trusted friend. Thank you for your vision and words here at my new commensement. Much love. Plato
This is beautiful, Plato. Aging is not for sissies, and yet you add the dimension of grace and gratitude for a life lived out loud. Thanks you.
Peace and oiled joints
Mary
Thank you sweet lady. 🙂
Oh… the luxury of “one day I will”! I recently turned 50 and i know that we all have to bury the old dreams. Still we need to build new ones 😉 Thank you for this beautiful poem. Cheers, HC
Happy new year brother
Thank you, same to you brother!
OMG! I just saw the logo at the top! She did such a good job on it. It looks fantastic.. How are you liking the new set up of the blog? Drollery just listened to the poem with me. He thought it was really good. That’s something. Drollery doesn’t even LIKE poetry! It was so wonderful…
I did a new template thing. It cist a little money but the mobile works now. I emailed the guy. Maybe I can even get the avarar to work. That makes me smile that he liked it. Tell him hey for me.
He especially related to the achy knees! 😀 I’ll tell him you said hey.
Turning 53 next month,,,,I’m embracing it,,the aches, the pains, the journey…great piece Plato!!
Hey my friend
😉
Really great piece!
Thank you for expressing this, it’s exactly what I’ve been feeling these days…
Hey sugar. How is your part of the world?
ahhh I know about crossing that threshold…I turned 60 a couple weeks ago,…never thought about being here but have learned I am grateful for the opportunity to go on ….
your words resonate deep within, I like your words…Thank you
Take Care…You Matter…..
maryrose
Thank you for stopping by here. 🙂
If there is any truth to the statement about the necessity of being tough to be stupid, then I am a tough old bird….I have really pulled some boners in my day. 😉
Hey brother 🙂
This is, in my opinion, is your best work ever. There is not a line most of us won’t identify with. And struggle to come to terms with. This is real life, my wise bard. Thank you for saying what I could never stammer out. 🙂
🙂 its what it feels like after all the projects. I called the hosting people and they fixed the media issue. By the way does my avatar thing work? I remember that it did and then it did not. Now I dont know
Still not working on my site, darlin’. I will check my settings and see if the problem is on my end.
I will probably have to call the people