Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 216.73.216.45
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
I just finished flipping the calendar to March I keep a paper one hanging on my kitchen wall despite everything being digital I’m old school some would say How is it each day I’m at work every minute I'm there passes like an old woman with a walker running a marathon while months and years fly by like fighter jets breaking the sound barrier Life is like that ride at the amusement park shaped like a silo that spins slowly at first, the velocity incrementally increasing until the world becomes a blur finding yourself pressed against the wall by an unseen force unable to move a muscle without exerting extreme effort My birthday is a little more than two months away I don’t feel old or look anything like I imagined (and feared) I would when I was in my early twenties and forty seemed like such an ancient age I'm older than my parents were when they became grandparents making my entrance into this world when they were only teenagers in the early hours of that late May morning I was a bit older though too young as well when I took up the mantle of mother When you have no hope you cling to anyone that pays attention in order to feel you have any worth that you matter to someone even if only for a few precious minutes I’m reminded of men I’ve seen who are likely in their sixties their silver hair, if they have any at all, blowing in the wind as they race down the road behind the wheel of a brand new expensive sports car they had aspired to own since they were sixteen but can only now afford to buy who will soon find themselves waking up to the fact that some dreams left unfulfilled for too long grow stale realizing it isn't the thrill it would have been back then when women would have paid equal attention to both car and driver each complimenting the other instead of such a stark contrast reselling it a year or two later concluding it’s not worth the expense investing those funds in a pre-paid funeral and life insurance
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required