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.