When You Think You're Getting Old

His face is stuck from smiling in 

deep wrinkles 

And his lips are used to hide 

the teeth he doesn't have.

We make him young again,

Bring him back to the time

he was in his band,

When his feet could run

and his voice could sing,

When he was proud to show off

and take on anything.

But his days are gone.

We make him feel young again,

sitting on the floor 

in a room of guitars

playing off each other and 

showing how good our alternate picking 

has got.

He wants to go back 

to the day he was young again,

So he grabs a guitar to 

show us what's he's got.

Starts singing in Spanish

the only way he can talk.

 

Author's Note

I guess it's kinda obvious what this poem's about. I was at Guitar Center recently with a couple of friends and there was an elderly man there who could only speak spanish. He kept following us around and talking to us in spanish, listening to us play and then showing us that he can play guitar too. It was nice and funny to tell you the truth (even though I had no clue what he was saying) and kinda sad cause I could tell how he saw the days of his youth in us.

Reviews

[Ima]

OMG !!
it is actually so touching... because it has a deeper meaning.. every old person has their own history .. and they long to enjoy it again when they are old and grey
great work!!!

[Pikachu]

it is more of those sad yet joyful writes sooner or later thats what we have to go through

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Well it comes to us all..some I may add sooner than others. This is sentimental and fun. lovely read :)

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"He wants to go back
to the day he was young again,
So he grabs a guitar to
show us what's he's got.
Starts singing in Spanish
the only way he can talk."

{"I Love This Poem!!!"...says me...an old friggin' man}

really...an awesome write!!!

james:-)