Thursday, September 5, 2013

Not So Old

I love this picture!
I am not so old that, passing by
a high school party site, excitement
of those early dates can not rekindle
for a moment, not so old that I
have lost ability for giddiness
at thought of kiss or touch, not
so old I've left behind the dream,
the hope, the plan, of growing old
with you, the man I love.


(c) Ellen Gillette, 2013

Coming home after taking my mother to the doctor, and talking of older folks and their issues and lives, I saw a house I'd gone to a party at way back in the 70s, which set me to thinking.

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