Fooling Father Time (Reprise)

A few updates to this poem as I turn eighty-three

Photo by Peijia Li on Unsplash

I’ve outlived my father so far by 7 years
He left us at the youthful age of 76
I never thought much about it or ever feared
I was young and strong and still had lots of tricks

Now today I often question and I wonder
How much useful healthy fun times are left for me
Can I still conjure up that youthful thunder
Like when I slammed that little golf ball off the tee

Until now I always thought of age as just a number
The little aches and pains were just a part of life
In the past few months my brain is getting dumber
Forgetting many loving moments with my wife

Age and life run along a narrow path
There is no doubt someday all of us will die
Maybe with some luck I’ll be able to outlast
Staying healthy and working out I will defy

Tomorrow when the sun as always rises
I’ll be someone in the past I’ve yet to be
I will put on some weird outfit that disguises
Who I am so father time won’t know it’s me.
— WOLRAD

(A poem from the Wolrad collection #294)