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On Growing Old
Aging, they say,
is not for sissies.
Neither is it
for those who are bent on focusing on their
decline,
On pondering the
end and the big question
Of what, if
anything, comes at the end, and
Neither is it
for those who delight in the good supper
Or the bright
May sunrise,
Or the well
sculpted flower.
Aging is best
done by oaks and cedars and Johnson grass.
Unlike the aging
humans with their burdens of consciousness,
The oak, cedar,
and the grass
Partake of a
mystery greater, deeper than consciousness,
That goes beyond
neurons and questions.
Perhaps herein
lies the start of wisdom:
--May 13, 2013
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