Some people want
to live
to be a hundred
they know nothing
about the dark nights
of living
too long a life.
They know
nothing
of the
myriad illnesses
that plague most
aging
out of existence.
The worst
the mind’s
demise
when you
become
oblivious of
everything
everyone
and your
vanished self.
Despair
when
friends, icons,
and
beloved spouse
pass away
so many gone
the worst
your spouse
a deep abyss
ever surfacing
sadness.
Of course
it’s
not all bad
there’s those
Golden Years
on canes
crutches,
and
in wheelchairs.
Bob Boyd