Tag: growing old

it's hard when you're younger than they think
it sinks you to see when they wink
amongst each other 
as bold as ass
when racing to the bottom of the pile 
that's exactly when it's harder than you'll ever know

they see a body not a mind 
because that's the world 
they've had themselves constructed 
out of code and software constitutions 
designed to infect with viral obfuscations 
the truth of the matter in question where lies are absolute rejection 

and it's harder still to be growing young
instead of growing old as most 
because younger people like to think 
they're younger than almost all other folk 
when in fact it's not your age that makes you old
but something else which involves not being bold 

because when you lose your bravura
is when you lose your cordura 
as the spanish would say wouldn't they 
yes they most certainly would 
and when you lose all that 
you might just as well be old hat for all i'd guess tbh myself 

and so this matter of growing young 
instead of more conventionally growing old 
has me sorely vexed 
i hate to say it does 
because if it were their choice they'd have me as the henchman
when all i ever wished was to be superman 

and so whilst my brain gets that much better
the people around me refuse to get it 
and all that's left for me to do
is to attempt to grow young gracefully at that 
for old is NOT my thing
and growing old NEVER my ring of dire necessity 

let this be the lesson then
of all that i say this morn:
remember that some of us do grow old i know it has to be
but equally others 
not so different from me
actually do find the lessons of life utterly enthusing and not rehusing at all 

all then that's left for me to say
is that i'm just a small man 
who's growing smaller by the day 
and in this fact i find absolute joy
because not for smaller 
do we become the universe's toy