Tag Archives: age

Structures Age With Time

Structures age with time

Flesh and blood or stone and wood

It does not matter

All things will turn to dust

Whether we like it or not

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~

Age Before Beauty

Age before beauty

Tis honor or sarcasm

My vote…sarcasm

Our respect for age exists

Only when it benefits

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Walking Arm-In-Arm

Walking arm-in-arm

Out of love and for balance

Joys of getting old

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Another Year Down

Another year down

Yet I feel no different

Celebrating birth

A half century plus one

Seems like just another day

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

To Feel Young Again (Tanka)

To feel young again

My aches and my pains vanquished

Tireless child

They say it’s a state of mind

My body says otherwise

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Old Dogs Learn New Tricks (Haiku)

Old dogs learn new tricks

Though maybe not as quickly

Patience a virtue

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

So Lovely Are You

So lovely are you,
A flower frozen in time,
Beauty eternal.
To my eyes forever young,
Though to others we grow old.
Age, is illusion,
Wasted for generations
On those bearing youth.
A shame and curse to be sure
For they are blinded by years.
One day they will know
What we begrudgingly learned,
That love knows no bounds.
It is beauty internal
That time cannot take away.

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Invincible Youth (Tanka)

Invincible youth

Passes in the blink of an eye

Inevitable

As it always has with age

Though not always with wisdom

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

What Is This Thing Mystical

What is this thing mystical?

One so oft used to determine one’s worth,

To discriminate,

To determine wisdom,

To justify foolishness,

Wasted on the young,

Marking the beginning,

Anticipating the end,

Setting milestones,

Telling us when to leave,

Removing individuality,

Segregating the masses,

Coming too slowly,

Wished to slow down,

Terrible early on,

Then sweet,

Forty old of youth,

Fifty young of old,

Then the precious metal of gold.

Why the stigma?

Why the worry?

This mystic–age,

It’s no different than its predecessor,

No different than its successor,

It’s just a number,

Like any other.

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Prompt: Jeremy’s Daily Challenge – Friday’s Threesome 9 May

Quote: Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age – Victor Hugo

 

As We Near Our End (Tanka)

As we near our end

Do we find any comfort

Letting life go dark

Heaven awaits its next Saint

May you pass in peaceful sleep

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~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~