Living the Aging Life

My neighbor just got COVID.

So, Alas! I’ve been exposed.

She started feeling poorly,

now she’s fully indisposed.

This virus lurks among us

and I’d really have to say,

my mind will feel much better

when this COVID goes away.

Today I crossed the Boulevard.

(Crossing the Boulevard is Hard!)

I have to get across, and then,

I have to make it back again!

Goodbye!  Goodbye! Old Twenty-two….

Your time has come and gone.

Hello! Hello! New Twenty-three…

We’re ready!  Bring it on!

When my kitties expect breakfast,

interruptions they like not.

They want it when they want it

No excuse, like “I forgot!”

The sky is dark.

The rain falls steady.

Will Springtime come?

I sure am ready.

I gained over Christmas.

I’m putting it on.

Somehow, once I get it,

it never gets gone.

My kitties mew “Good Morning”

as they wake up from the night.

Their friendly mew of greeting

helps to set my day off right.

Merry Christmas, Ev’ryone!

And may your day be Blessed.

And may your Twenty-Twenty Three

abound with Happ-i-ness.

My problem is extreme old age.

Prognosis is:  incurable.

I medicate with Starbucks, and,

that makes it quite endurable.

May this candle’s bright, clear light

stay with you through this day.

And may it give support to you

in all you do and say.