Headstall's Reflections - 89. Chapter 89 Mockery

I totally relate to this wonderful poem. So sad......

4 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

You and I have been thinking alike.  Some days I feel as if I have been the victim of theft.  Other days I feel gratitude for what I have experienced, combined with a tinge of melancholy that I may not repeat that experience.  Thanks very much for this.

The end will come to so many things we experienced in the past. "Victim of theft'... glad you get how I feel sometimes. Thanks for reading and commenting, Parker.  

3 hours ago, re2 said:

I am sorry you “have lost the peace.”  But I completely understand as that gradually fades in my life as well. 
Profound and beautiful. 

Thank you very much, my friend. We all face the same journey for the most part. I don't ever forget I am fortunate to have gotten this far. Cheers and thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts with me.  

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

Stamping my foot and saying "I refuse to grow up" hasn't seemed to bring even a pause in the steady tread of time.

Nope. We can stop the march of time, bro. Maybe in a hundred years, long past our time, there will be a pill....  

45 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

I totally relate to this wonderful poem. So sad......

The beauty of poetry to a poet is being able to express that which occupies our mind. Sometimes, I am sad. Other times, I am accepting. What else can we do, my dear friend. Thanks, Albert.  

This captured my thoughts and feelings at this time of life.  The lines that I find most compelling and relevant to me are these.

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There is no joy in tracing veins beneath skin

Or rinsing blanched hair from the shower floor

Not even in remembering once-cherished kin

Who long ago went through life’s final door

8 hours ago, raven1 said:

This captured my thoughts and feelings at this time of life.  The lines that I find most compelling and relevant to me are these.

 

I expected others would relate to this poem and the inescapable aging. It isn't a curse... just a fact of life. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me, Terry.