"49"

Just poking a bit of fun at myself! It is JUST a number...

Today is my birthday, my 49th

I sit here alone into the night

 

I wonder what, if anything will change

Will I feel older, more deranged?

 

Another grey hair a few more freckles,

A few more pounds a little more reckless?

 

Are we really only as old as we feel

Or do we just really not want to deal?

 

Is age truly a state of mind,

If so then where is mine?

 

I seemed to have lost it several hours ago,

Somethime before midnight, where did it go?

 

I guess it's a case of "out of sight out of mind"

Between kids, grandkids pets and errands

I'd lost mine before 49!

 

6-2-08  Windy

Reviews

[PoetryXpressions]

We are only as old as we feel so they say ...I think age is just a number....because some days I feel like a kid; others times a teen all giddy and in love, and other times I feel as old as the dinosaurs that use to walk the earth....LOL My gray hair and wrinkles sort of give my age away, but I refuse to get older I want to feel young have fun and play...you can too you know.

[Dani California]

lol! This is cute! Although, I'm swiftly approaching 43 and would like to think...
age is a state of mind.

Yep, that's my story, and i'm sticking to it. lol
Funny,
I enrolled in martial arts classes which I start soon,
I am skydiving in Sept. for the first time,
I work out daily,
am into yoga, meditation,
organic foods, herbal teas, etc.
and my kids think all of that combined,
must mean ....
I'm having a midlife crisis! LOL!

I found that HILARIOUS. Midlife crisis.. w-h-a-t-e-v-e-r!

You're cool... only 49? Aw, you're still a BABY! lol!
This was fun Windy, and well written indeed.
Thanks for sharing!

[emmajoy]

I smiled at the end... should i have done!? Remember: age is just a number and yes, it is a state of mind.

You've written, yet again, with great feeling. It's well constructed, 'can feel a strong rhthym in the lines as you read.

Thank you for sharing your glowing ability to create poetry from emotion.

[emz]

Ahhhh how true, i lost my mind when i turned 37 lol.... funny but was just having a conversation with my friend today about getting older and how we change with every decade... you summed it up..

lovely write my friend

x

[Pakino]

So true and honest. lol Nicely done. Hope you can find what you are missing.

[WoFer]

good rythm good flow.
I HATE THE SUBJECT. I just turned 35 rough one for me. Very disappointed in myself.
It works very well. you had from the begging and I would really love to hear this as a WoF

[Antonio Valentino]

Very sweet dear poet.
Keep it up, and have some fun.
Life's too short isn't it?

Take great care!
Rich

[Legion]

I like it. Too bad it is so true. :)