Life Stages and Rages
A Limerick in Rhyme on the Running of Time
"A diplomat is a man
who always remembers
a woman's birthday
but never remembers her age."
who always remembers
a woman's birthday
but never remembers her age."
Robert Frost
(1874 - 1963)
My get-up-and-go has done gone;
I don't like this phenomenon.
I look in the glass
And say, "Think I'll pass,"
As I run my lifelong marathon.
Having just come around the first bend,
It is hard now to quite comprehend:
Is my race halfway through,
Or can I start anew?
If I can't, then I may just pretend.
Published by Linda Ann Nickerson - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle and Sports
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11 Comments
Post a CommentGood poem :) Sheri
Awesome!! I try to start anew each day. I don't want to lose any lessons from my past. However, I don't want to get stuck there.
sweet yet profound!!
This was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will race with you but i am going to go slow ..... Good Job Miss Linda
Wonderful job!!!!!
Hmm..I may pretend..& keep running to the end...Thanks for the quick exploration
I like it :)
My race is half way over. I won a few and lost a few, but in the end - nobody really cares but me. So - I still look for new races to win. I just don't refer to them as Marathons anymore. I love your poem - it is very reflective of our aging stage. Great job.
I get it, for sure!