It catches up with you

.

Caught myself walking

like an older man might walk

decided to skip

.

by Scooj

Diet

.

Not required before

metabolism slowing

and waistline growing.

.

by Scooj

Birthday

.

Unexceptional

Tuesday like any other

January day

.

by Scooj

Sands

.

Overwhelming sense

of time passing too quickly

and those jobs undone

.

by Scooj

Flower dilemma

.

Too good to throw out

still bringing us some pleasure

much too old to keep

.

by Scooj

Making it up

.

Unable to hear

quite as well as I once could

filling in the gaps

.

by Scooj

Dying

.

Hard to witness the

slow deterioration

the sharp becomes blunt

.

by Scooj

Cat astrophe

 

Wailing for her food

far beyond irritating

already been fed

 

by Scooj

 

Ninja the cat is getting on a bit and is losing her hearing and sight. Oh my goodness the noisy protest for food. Had she had her wits about her she’d have found the food already in her bowl.

Pooped

.

It’s a young man’s game

playing five-a-side football

just can’t give it up.

.

by Scooj

Father-in-law

.

I don’t know him well

Alzheimer’s got in the way

now he lies dying.

.

by Scooj