Am I Just Getting Old?

Goldfinch60



The bell went and I answered the door,

There stood before me was a young lady,

A beautiful young lady.

Hello I thought, was this my lucky day?

But no, she had a parcel in her hand,

A parcel for my neighbour

Who was at work,

Would I mind looking after it.

The young lady would put a note,

A note through the neighbours door.

Of course I took it in,

Anything to help others.

Then immediately I wrote these words,

As what I couldn’t understand

That this young lady was driving,

Driving a van,

Surely she was much too young to drive,

Or is it that I am just getting old?

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Online Online)
  • Published: June 10th, 2021 00:55
  • Comment from author about the poem: Why do people keep looking younger to me? I wrote these words within five minutes of taking in the parcel. Something other than Pachelbel's canon.
  • Category: Reflection
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  • Saxon Crow

    Yes. You are!

    • Goldfinch60

      But just remember you too are getting older each moment.

      Andy

      • Saxon Crow

        But im never gonna catch up with you old timer

      • orchidee

        But we are very old, you and I. Are we even older now?! heehee.

        • Goldfinch60

          Yes I have lost count of the millennia we have been around.
          Andy

        • dusk arising

          Wjhats wrong with getting old? Where do I start???
          People tell me i don't look my age but by heck I feel it.
          You can bring a beautiful young woman to my door any morning you care with a delightful read like your post today sir.

          • Goldfinch60

            I know that, we are still here and cannot go yet as we still have too many people to upset!

            thanks for your kind words.

            Andy

          • L. B. Mek

            erm, age is but a number my friend
            when we were young
            we couldn't wait to get older, remember?
            no, dear poet
            I don't think it the fact that you getting 'older'
            its just that humanity
            as always, comes in all shapes and sizes
            but our fear of rejection, denotes
            we herd ourselves into groups
            that reflect our sense of self
            and then stay, in those groups..
            but its good to branch out, sometimes
            people watch from atop a cafe
            at a shopping centre or park
            and insure our eyes never forget
            the wondrous diversity: of human nature...

            • Goldfinch60

              Very true Mek, age has never worried me I just appreciate every day that comes to me.

              Andy

            • Accidental Poet

              Be as old (or young) as you want to be Andy. ; )

              • Goldfinch60

                I surely will AP, I surely will.

                Andy

              • Doggerel Dave

                You could call this the three ages of man, I suppose…
                In the days of my youth we were all fumbling about , attempting to find our way through that terrible time of unfulfilled lust.
                In middle age, if I attempted conversation with a young woman more than twenty years my junior, I could be styled as a dirty old man.
                Today, in my senior years, young women, perceiving me as harmless, are happy to chat….and I enjoy that very much….
                Thanks for the write, Andy.

                • Goldfinch60

                  Very true Dave, glad you enjoyed it.

                  Andy

                • John Prophet

                  Hi Andy,

                  I see the young ones in my family all growing up and I consider myself lucky that I’m not, 😉
                  Nice work.

                  JP

                  • Goldfinch60

                    So do I sometimes John, thank you.

                    Andy

                  • Fay Slimm.

                    Tis like the police men - they all seem too young to be out on the beat said my elderly neighbour a few years ago - now they begin to look like that to me..........

                    • Goldfinch60

                      So right Fay, but that is the norm, like the ‘old boy down the road’ he is probably younger than me! Lol

                      Andy

                    • SureshG

                      You know one is old, when all one can do is look - well enough talking about me.

                      • Goldfinch60

                        True Suresh but as long as I get up every morning I know all will be wonderful.

                        Andy

                      • Jerry Reynolds

                        Good write, Andy. They do look so young.

                        • Goldfinch60

                          They surely do Jerry.

                          Andy

                        • ron parrish aka wordman

                          only in your body,your mind will always write

                        • Neville


                          You just nailed it squire ... and any way, I was not gonna be left out now .. woz I ........................... 🙂

                          • Goldfinch60

                            Of course you would never be left out Neville.

                            Andy



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