Life And Age

We started well together Enjoying the easy life of childhood We drank milk at every opportunity Unconcerned about a balanced diet And unaffected by our sedentary ways We found pleasure in sleep We saw our teeth grow Gaining our strength We took our first steps And found freedom in walking As we escaped our infancy We welcomed our toddler years Learning the ways of the aged We fell in love with language Communication was intoxicating Allowing us to make our own choices Demanding our rights at every opportunity We were enchanted by life Teen age came and was horrible Taking us on a chemical joyride We were confused and scared By the hidden emotions within Preying on our innocence Our hormones rebelled Plastering us with pimples And blasting us with mixed feelings We hated our bodies For betraying our innocent minds Our early adulthood was fabulous As we shed the skin of innocence Transforming into beautiful beings With succulent bodies and a thousand ideas Life was a dream come true Fulfilling our every desire And betraying our inexperience We were intoxicated by our explorations We don’t know when it happened But we found ourselves in these adult bodies Pregnant with life experiences Our body swollen with broken promises We accumulated extra weight As we struggled to understand love We found solace in food Life goes on, they say Age was among us As we hit our forties Embraced by adulthood We learnt to be patient We learnt to accept ourselves We found communion in our friends The fifties and sixties came and went We were anxious about our crumbling bodies Hiding our fear within our accumulated fortunes We played golf on a daily basis Taking breaks only when traveling the world We re-discovered life and fell in love with it We started to listen to every advice dished by doctors And the rest is history…