.
Overwhelming sense
of time passing too quickly
and those jobs undone
.
by Scooj
Tag: Old
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
The sixth age
The wisdom of age
does not compensate for lost
capabilities.
by Scooj
Part of the ageing process
.
Wearing boxer shorts
back-to-front is a sure sign
of getting older.
.
by Scooj
Frozen
From the souls of my
shoes, deathly cold rises through
my tired old body.
by Scooj
