Winter Sleep (Old Age).

Summer flowers are fading
in the garden of my life.

Petals now are falling,
with the breeze they duck and dive.

Feelings are uneasy and
memories haunt the air.

Autumn brings in chilly winds,
leaves scattered everywhere.

The burnished bronze sun now has set
on my life's horizon.

My ship is anchored in the harbour
and I've hung up my visor!

I sit in my chair of memories
and old times I recall.

Places visited, things I did,
but old friends most of all.

My heart aches with sadness
for days now long gone by.

Winter beckons to me
as I sit and think... I sigh!

Reviews

[red93]

'Do not go gentle into that goodnight' dear Marie. A dear Friend here in Bristol UK is 86 this year, and still running a Drama Group and keeping very active. Stay nice and positive it really helps. Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Marie]

Thank you for your kind words, dear red93. My Dad lived to eleven days before his 95th birthday, his sister Peggy lived to eleven days after her 95th birthday. We all have a day, date and time to enter the human world and a day, date and time to leave it. I have absolutely no desire to live beyond my "Best Before Date", dear red93. I don't ever entertain negativity in my life, but I don't want to live to be 86 either! This world is not our home, dear red93. We are simply passing through on our way back home again...

[red93]

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[Kanwal]

Your poem is beautifully written, capturing every feeling so clearly. I can truly resonate with your emotions. You have so many beautiful memories to share, and your soul shines through in your words. Sending you lots of happiness

[Marie]

Thank you for reading and for your very kind review, dear poet...

[Aarti Sriram]

Very heartfelt lines my dear Marie.
'Places visited, things I did,
but old friends most of all.
These lines are such a treasure to the heart. They keep the heart beating and feeling the love. A life well lived with hope and service. Good attitude always makes for good memories. There is a time for action and then there are long hours for reflection. You keep on adding so many delightful poems here. It brings our feelings alive. It shows us the reality and the courage to handle ourselves till the very end and beyond, infact there is no end its a passage onto the other phase as you put out so heroically . What a spiritual treat and thankyou so very much as we wait for the next my dear..

[Marie]

Thank you for reading dear Aarti and for your most kind review. I am indebted to you! Gratitude with beautiful Blessings your way, dear Aarti...

[MCS]

This is so well penned dear poet. This time of year, as things come to a wrap most are given to reflection you’ve done it well. Yes, a sense of melancholy but the honesty is a breath of fresh air.

[Marie]

Thank you for so kindly reading and for your so kind words, MCS. Most grateful, dear poet. Bless you always...

[Desert Knave]

I like this. More and more lately my body and my spirit are letting me know that winter has definitely arrived. Nicely rhymed and worded. ~Jim

[Marie]

Thank you for reading and for your kind words, Jim. I understand exactly what you are saying, it is the same with me. Bless you always, dear Jim...

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

this was SAD! i teared up, thinking how i'd lose someone like you, thinking how the world will lose another poet.
we may only know each other through this silly little site, but i felt so connected with you. and this verse reminded me of my late mother, how she used to say in her final years 'im ready to go.'
but maybe there is some wisdom to all this. that we accept fate and embrace the earth. that we understand life has a beginning, middle and an end. that we recognize that our time here is short. still, the tragedy of life hurts all the same.
at the same time, this was beautifully written: 'I sit in my chair of memories' is such a wonderful expression, one i hope will be immortalised.

[Marie]

Dear Ern, we come into this world with a date to be enter and a date to leave this world and nothing can change that, as we have agreed it in our Book of Life. Your lovely Mother felt her time was approaching. I saw that I am in the Departure Lounge of the Airport, just waiting for my plane to come so I can return home to Spirit. Between the beginning and the end, we have life, the life we are presently living and yes, life is short and that's why we should live life to the full each and every day by living in the present moment. Thank you so very much for your so kind and caring words, dear Ern. Take very good care of YOU and keep well, my dear friend...