The Body That Fell Apart

Getting old: A self indulgent misery or a lesson in humility?

A body that was once so tough,

Senses fine and were enough

With agile mind to study truth,

Such things were with me from my youth.

Then time passed on

And all were gone.

Once perfect sight would show

All that there was to know,

But now I just squint

At the largest print.

Glasses are a pain,

Yep,

… they need cleaning again.

It’s not easy to see

While watching TV.

When Hocus Pocus

Is out of focus,

Nothing will keep

Me from falling asleep.

A device in the ear

Helps it to hear

Explosions and war,

Subtle sounds no more.

Only noises that bring

A deafening ring.

Now the battery’s run out

So you might have to shout.

Seeing and hearing

Make everything real,

But moving and thinking,

Are part of the deal.

It’s hard to respect

A lost intellect.

Stopping on the bottom stair,

Wonder why I’m standing there,

Was I coming down or going up?

Where the heck did I leave my cup?

Went to a party,

Joined in the game.

Lost concentration,

Embarrassed again.

Inflamation, constipation,

Wary of humiliation.

Should I have a biscuit?

Perhaps I shouldn’t risk it.

The doctors did what doctors do,

With careful thought, decided to

Investigate and operate

One more time, but rather late.

So now I am old

And permanently cold,

But never will be

A liability.

It’s the end of the day

And, come what may,

All seems to be

Enforced humility.

Experience has turned

To the final lesson learned

That in your sickness and your health

You can see others as you see yourself

We deal with what may.

And just hide the miz.

Hours wasted on the phone,

Is how we spent our days alone.

It’s just not sanity

To ignore our humanity.

Yet we just do it

Contract? Renew it

Not pleasure and comfort

But a broader experience

Humility is not shying away meekness timidity weakness

Its about learning empathy.

Through all this I learn turn

And that’s what it is)

The locum was a farce,

Now it’s difficult to bend

As I try to mend

The sink, or make a computation,

When I lose concentration

A self indulgent misery

Or my lesson in humility?

Charging for their procedures service recommendation

But I know its just the time

becoming a liability

Embarrassed if I have to be

responsibility

Wont listen to a word, on

Not prepared to be anothers burden

A self indulgent misery

Detect respect intellect

From full throttle

bottle

fate wait humiliate

Investigation, digestion, constipation,

Forget the computation,

When I lose my concentration