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27 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in January 2019, poetry Tags: aging, around the sun, birthdays, older
Always moving momentum without pause
continuing the journey step by step
making the trip
around the sun
Seconds pass
hours turn into days
months disappear in a blink
another year around the sun
Try to hold on to moments
memories lingering in eternity
try to remember
with each pass around the sun
Each breath means more
thankful for this moment
along for the ride
around the sun
18 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in January 2019, poetry Tags: aging, birthdays, growing older
56
A number between 1 and 100
and an age
4 years from 60
When I was younger, much younger
60 seemed so very, very old
yet here I am almost there
and feeling something
Not sure I look almost 60
not sure I feel almost 60
it is the number
the realization of 6 decades almost gone
Finding more lines on my face
grey hairs showing themselves
sagging, bagging, lagging
and menopause of course
Is 60 the new 40?
that’s just something people say
60 is 60
and I’m almost there
On the other hand
I’m very thankful for it
the alternative
is even less appealing
11 Aug 2010 2 Comments
in August 2010, poetry Tags: aging, children, growing up, time
Time passes us by without even a pause to see
catching up always with you and with me
where children were once helpless and small
with each passing minute they grow stronger and tall
Time marches on with each dawn of the day
no words can stop it nothing we say
though we wish them to stay young they continue to grow
and soon will be adults before we know
Each year a new grade each year a new birthday to come
wanting to hold on to the past far too long for some
but time advances on and they grow so fast it seems
living out their hopes and dreams
Time engulfs us all our children is where we see it more
taking childhood away showing us what’s in store
each new grade they become more grown up slowly slipping away
but in our hearts they will always stay
Deborah Horton Writing 