Life Preferred

We are all familiar with the old adage, “growing old sucks, but it beats the alternative.” How we deal with the aging process will come to define us. Some do it better than others. But we must never lose sight of the simple fact that not everyone gets to do it. Growing old is a privilege.

When growing old it’s all the same;

the dreams, the hope, the pain.

Each day locked in steadfast

conformity.

To what end, I cannot see.

For what do you dream;

a new place,

a new path,

a new partner?

For what do you hope;

a peace transcendent,

a re-birth of common sense,

a world without tears?

And what causes your pain;

the ache inside your head,

a day without purpose,

a life… deferred?

But through it all remember this;

Aging, though not welcome,

is still a life… preferred!