Living the Aging Life

Today I crossed the Boulevard.

Crossing the Boulevard is HARD!

I wish there were an easier way

to get my exercise each day!

It’s time to clean the kitchen and

do up my morning mess.

I don’t like doing housework,

and I readily confess…

that clutter doesn’t bother me.

I don’t like doing chores.

I’d rather go outside and play

than do my tasks indoors.

It’s time to put on make-up

and fluff up our drooping hair—

sashay to the Country Club

for our Big Spring Tea affair.

We used to visit with our friends

and sip a glass of wine

and listen to a program

and have a fine old time.

But this year will be diff’rent.

Some will join on Zoom.

The rest of us will spend our day

at home in our living room.

It’s been a Year of Virus.

We’ve still more to get through.

But there’ll be a fine Spring Tea again

in the Year of Twenty-Two.

Butterflies and Rainbows

are what I wish for you…..

sparkles in your dancing steps…

and Joy this whole day through.

Today I crossed the Boulevard.

(Crossing the Boulevard is hard!)

A driver suddenly braked for me.

I walked across – safe as could be!

The candle’s steady flame

is burning bright and clear and true —

sending out its loyal light

to shine a path for you.

There’s a ship in the harbor,

queued up in line…

waiting for dock space…

biding her time.