The Thing about Aging

A perspective poem

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The author asked an old woman and a flower to each share their concepts of aging. Note the difference in how the two subjects treat time.

Let us age gracefully,
each wrinkle a ripple of joy
recording a memory in time

We drink in another day,
soothed on the milk
of tomorrow,
easing into this cup
of hope offered
in each moment

Let my outside petals
fall and wither away.
I care not
as the secret
is held deep inside me.

The center,
a yawning abyss
sleepy with its potential,
its eyes opening
to universes and galaxies

The center
brings life,
at its core lies access
to bring forth millions more,
each fleck of pollen
a tiny solar system
of golden potential

“mass and energy are both but different…