I am facing my 60th birthday on Oct. 4 and cannot get my mind around that fact. Somehow I expected to reach 24 and simply stay there. Or, maybe I would stop at 32. But not this...


I Never Planned On This

I am getting older,
something I never planned.
My days have gone to quickly
like the hour glass sand.
I never planned on wrinkles.
I never planned on lines.
I never thought my hair would grey.
I never read the signs.
It came upon me quickly.
It caught me unaware.
A cruel trick played by time.
It all seems so unfair!





Poetry by Phyllis J. Rhodes
Read 541 times
Written on 2008-09-09 at 22:09

dott Save as a bookmark (requires login)
dott Write a comment (requires login)
dott Send as email (requires login)
dott Print text


amandeep
hahaha....

"A cruel trick played by time
It all seems so unfair"

Time can be stored ..isnt it??? haha..yeah it can be ...by einstein's equation

very tenderly u reflected ur feelings ....nicely done

but as u are growing you are getting to know more about god...

u are writing...and we are learning from ur poems..

ur poems are excellent
2008-09-17


Amna Ehsan
though not ever near to your age yet i can undrestand this fact of missing the gone days, as i miss my childhood times that held me like a carefree blow of wind--- i can feel my self even now, being at your age because nolonger i'm too gonna be a victim of this rash, ruthless prey that its self remains young ever.
again a very realistic text, enjoyed reading it.
hugs this time. :)
2008-09-10



I think you express all our greatest fear in this little poem Phyliss and I must admit to feeling somewhat fearful of being in my 50 year, so 60 must be a biggy. And I know what you mean about being always 24....you are far more emotionally mature than me....I only managed 19 and that was a year increase over the past six of being a single mum! we always feel the same inside, once we develop into the people we are going to become, and luckily there are millions like us out there for company! My problem is getting my head around being nearly 50 and feeling 20 and looking 40!lol and being modest.

Grinning at you

Tai with a hug
2008-09-09


Kathy Lockhart
yeah! it's the pits ain't it. but it's better than the alternative. : P
And you look great for the shape you are in. No,no I mean age you are in. ; ) tee hee

me
2008-09-09