Tag Archives: aging

Scavenging for Time

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Helen

These days I find I’m scavenging for time lost, time gone And all the children running by don’t realise how soon it passes In such a rush I see them pace not even realising this time, this space Is nothing … Continue reading →

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Piece by Piece

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Helen

Piece by piece The lines of regret Take their place Soft and slow The patience of time On my face In my limbs These strange aches and pains Haunt my sleep Failing flesh All of the secrets I can keep … Continue reading →

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Journey

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Helen

Each year it turns This ancient world My boat is tilted Toward the moon’s hopeful light There is land in sight And there is comfort This good night I am aging Like the wood Of this sturdy boat My bones … Continue reading →

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Life passage

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Helen

Glimpses of our mortality come too often these days Aching joints and muscles betray the youth we still feel sheltered here inside It is sobering this knowledge of the inevitability of decay All these little ambitions at our feet amount … Continue reading →

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Different

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Helen

I was a different person then I shed my skin so many times I scarce remember, yet these photos and these memories attest to a time when I was other When I cherished hopes to my breast and played the … Continue reading →

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Weight

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Helen

There is too much of me These days I lumber, old bones covered in skin that is loose, it folds across territories alien My rib cage disappeared so many years ago I can’t recall Beneath the layers hides the lithe form … Continue reading →

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Beauty

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Helen

Age depletes the need for beauty We are freed from bitter longing which in youth defined our very being, standing lost before a mirror turning left and right for nature’s kinder sight to find the angles where the shadows and … Continue reading →

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Procession

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Helen

The procession of my days gives way to slow encroaching age Each page is written deep in blood and floods my mind with memories that tease The procession of these hours have powers to make the past within akin to … Continue reading →

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Beauty Ages

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Helen

Beauty ages so The cultural rules apply We will not deny The face forms hollows The lines of age hold their sway On too soon a day Beauty ages all The finest flower in time Loses her sweet prime And … Continue reading →

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The Great Beauty

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Helen

Once celebrated On the world’s stage The perfect picture On the front page What of the swan With the progress of age? The great beauty Of the silver screen Parties, bonhomie Everyone’s queen But as the light fades Is she … Continue reading →

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