Fay Slimm.

Shifting

 

Shifting


Small 
withering spores of ageing subsistence
quickly grow rank
and smell of decay but memory\'s past 
can colour a splendour
that resists sinking to hoary greying, 
it smoulders in gold
of permanent juvenile amazement 
not just aliveness but
vibrantly so, for ways of connection 
hold keys to laughter  
which a childhood wonder retains.

 
Reliable
dynamic force runs right through
lifetimes to aim lethal
darts at anything other than free 
youthful aptitude 
for true energy abides in mindful
use of stripling delight, 
because significance relies on life
being ageless, 
so innocence might be renewed. 


Infinity bequests
the unseen but felt while shifting 
brings agile freshness              
to dotage-stale fun time\'s ability.

 

Some sages prophesied

that if remaining child-like

elders could stave off decline.