Your Golden Years

Eileen Clark

Do you feel like this now that your old?

Your fingers from arthritis do not unfold

Your body temperature is always very cold

The clothes in your closet not hung but rolled

Food in your refrigerator is covered with mold

You’ve been through hard times so anything of value you’ve sold

Loss of hearing, the same things several times over your told

Still when you talk, your way to loud, you spit and your bold

The purses you carry, a foot locker they could easily hold

You keep your money in the mattress instead of a billfold

So how can it be said that these last years of yours are made of gold?

Are these your Golden Years?    

Author Eileen Clark 2023

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  • Author: Eileen Clark (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 18th, 2023 15:27
  • Category: Reflection
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  • Addy

    Omg that is so true. I like how the rhyme scheme for the poem was monosyllable but the last line wasnt, that really packed a punch. Good writing!

    • Eileen Clark

      Good morning Addy and thank you so much for your lovely comment.

    • orchidee

      A fine write Eileen.
      There was a writer, who wrote only in monosyllables, for children's books - difficult to do!

      • Eileen Clark

        Thank you. Very difficult and not as much fun. I just had to try and get it behind me.



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