Old

day light

day break

time has its plans

the fucked up snowman

every day the earth it turns

and all the clouds pass by

empty words will be buried in the urn

and I'm not ugly 

when I'm lying

the icicle heart

the over-eager start

there was a joke once told

and I know it very well

When I was first I was last

and the last falls away at the first

newsprint ink slashed across the page

and it's all I've got to sell

Author's Note

Reworked. I think my meaning may have been misinterpreted...

Reviews

[The Autumn Child]

Isn’t being Old the best thing to be ? Love you work

[keith]

and I'm not ugly
when I'm lying

this captures me!
certainly there are more like me out there
i'm old in the way
it's OK i really don't care
it has taken long-time to get here
there is much time to enjoy
thanks!

[John Sullivan]

Cheers Keith. I'm getting old too. Sneaks up on ya, doesn't it?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

well for me...I see an obituary...the last falls away first...
and like snowman...we all melt and collapse one day...
dust we begin and dust we return...
We sell what life we have had and I wonder if there is any profit in it.
j.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Wow this is so cool
Love it

[John Sullivan]

Thanks Ms. Julie! Complicated thoughts.