A New Normal
Aging & Attitude
Canada Calgary Zoo – Lee Tickett
New Thoughts On Words
Toes that no longer wiggle, giggle or dance when asleep
But cry, some sudden leg syndrome is attacking our feet
Hands that can’t twist to open a door
Or flip pages any more
Kitchen tops decorated with items to not forget
A part of our brain we haven’t used yet
Ridge in thought
Like stiff knees reluctant to bend
Our grey cells will not receive or send
Exhausted and depleted
We long for comfort food
Meatloaf and mash-potatoes
But for the cerebellum it is repeated conversations
So what if we forget to lock a door, a date, the place, a score
We are old, invisible and small
Don’t pester and pest
Let’s explore!
Close your eyes, envision youth and come with me…. please,
To places we have never been
….just saying
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