Tre is an incredible writer. I am very pleased to be the inaugural poem of this week-long featured collaboration. She managed to convey my feelings of over a half-century in these few lines. I really love what she wrote for me. If you are interested in having a poem written by Tre I’d say give it a go.
The Giving Cause: Aging in a World of Uncertainties
As each year piles on–
Clinging to my skin,
Barnacles of the modern world,
I find myself staring death
In his face.
I walk into another year,
Carrying my past–lugging
Around decades of old
Habits and eons of new pain.
I fear the embrace of
The inevitable–the end of change.
I am supposed to move forward
In life, grateful for breath;
Thankful for air, but the demons
Overcrowd my thoughts, and the
Finality of life’s end is my
Own personal horror.
I open my mouth to scream–
Nothing escapes.
This is where I live now–
On the corner of the aged,
And up the street
From the dying.
I knock on the door of
The present, and no one
Answers.
Thank you toMatt Snyderfor allowing me to gift a…
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It was truly and is my pleasure. Truly, Matt. I got a lot from writing this as well. So, I thank you, too!
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