Whether Weather

A Poem by Pete

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. - Thoreau

Image result for old wrinkled praying hands

sitting and holding her ninety-three year old hand in assisted living

both her and my talk of the weather long since exhausted

soon she'll be in heaven where it's created

a sweet cake of life risen, baked and frosted

© 2023 Pete

Author's Note

“Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.” - Thoreau

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Added on February 6, 2023
Last Updated on February 7, 2023

Author

Pete

Boston, MA

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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..