Posted in Death, Eating Disorders, Fashion, Greatness, Life Challenges, Philosophy, Poetry, age, aging, diet, dying, revelation, tagged Add new tag, aging, Death, diet, dying, grace, peace, soul, weight loss, wisdom on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sure, aging brings pain. It brings much comfort too. Society doesn’t expect you to look as good. You’re even allowed to get away with saying what you think…and they listen without offense…regarding your words as very wise.
A poem about feeling good in your skin when you age.
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Wannabe clouds are prisoners on earth.
Then the jailhouse blasts open.
Merciful heat helps them soar
to meet and marry atmosphere.
They have history.
Perhaps once
they fed trees in forest dirt,
drizzled lazily
on tense city sidewalks
stabbed by sexy stilettos.
Or lingered in rain gutters,
passing the time,
in a choking yearn for skyward release.
You, like future clouds,
cannot choose your appointed time.
The wait can be [...]
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Posted in Death, Poetry, dying, grieving, tagged bad health, Death, dying, facing death, Genes, grieving on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When your genes pull the trigger,
and call you home,
you go in terror,
so acutely alone.
No dear love, no parent, friend,
can die for you.
This moment you fear
in your deepest gut,
is not what you believe it to be.
Go on!
Give a long
exhale…
of ecstatic relief.
Fall into fresh arms.
Let death become your lover,
and gentle escort to a new world.
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