All I Aware
DEAR READERS,
OUR YOUNG HEART RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT AGEING. BUT LET US REMEMBER OLD AGE IS A NOTHER CHILDHOOD. SO, LET US RESPECT OLD PEOPLE
ALL I AWARE
I STEPPED INTO THE SHRIVEL AGE;
MY COAL BLACK HAIR TURNS
HER HUE INTO GREY;
EACH TEETH
LIKE A SNOW FLAKE
POISED TO FALL OUT FROM
THE WOMB;
THE SKIN GROW FAINTER
AND THE BLACK DAPPLED
EYES INTERRED AMID
THE HOLLOW FRAMES;
ALL I AWARE
I STEPPED INTO THE WITHERING AGE
THE THIN SMOOTH FINGERS
SHIVERS WHEN I FEEL THE FRAGRANT PETALS;
ALL I AWARE
MY LITTLE FEET
MOVES IN MELANCHOLY
MY TASTY TONGUE
TURNS DEAD.
OH I AM IN MY RIPE AGE
S.BAGYALAKSHMI.
Copyright © Bagya Lakshmi | Year Posted 2013
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