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Air and Gravity

SHE LOOKED IN THE MIRROW SHE LOVES WHAT SHE SEE'S A BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, THAT'S AGING GRACEFULLY, SHE'S DOING HER THANG ONE DAY AT A TIME WITH GRAVITY AND AIR BY HER SIDE. SLOWER, SELFISH, ON HER OWN TIME GOES WHERE EVER SHE WANTS AT A BLINK OF AN EYE. FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE FEW AT THIS TIME BUT, GRAVITY AND AIR STAY CLOSE BY HER SIDE. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE HER SELF PUT AWAY ON A SHELF. WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO... ALL SHE CAN TO MEET OLD MAN TIME AND SHOW HIM THE THINGS SHE CAN DO. SINCE SHE HAS REACHED THIS AGE OF TIME SHE DOESN'T FEEL BAD AT ALL SHE FEELS FINE. I ASK HER, DIDN'T YOU ENJOY YOUR YOUTH NOW, YOU CAN WATCH WHAT THEY WILL DO. REMEMBER WHEN YOU ACTED AS IF.... YOU WERE THE ANSWER, GOD'S GIFT. HOW YOU CHALLENGED EVERY THING FROM A SHY SMILE TO A DAMAGED BOOK WHO DONIT TO GETTING IT FIXED. A SLOW WINK OF AN EYE NOW TIME HAS BEEN WITH YOU AWHILE. EACH LESSON, EACH MISTAKE HAS A PLACE ON YOUR FACE. YOU ARE AUNTIE, YOUR GRAY HAIR IS GOLD. RICHNESS BEYOUND WHAT YOU WERE TOLD. TIME HAS GRANTED YOU WISDOM AND TRUTH AGE IS A WELL DEVELOPED PART OF YOU. LOOK DEEPLY INTO THE MIRROWS IMAGE, HERE IN YOU IS WHERE YOUR CONFORT RISES, SEE A DIFFERENT GROWING OLDER INSIDE YOU. LIFE'S YEARS HAS GIVEN YOU, GREAT KNOWLEDGE AND AGING BEAUTY. TIME IS MY OLDEST AND DEAREST FRIEND WE ARE TOGETHER UNTIL THE END. SEWING UP THE ENDS WITH STRONGER NEW THREAD UNDERSTANDING THE DIRECTIONS OF CHOICES MADE THEN. LIFES BEAUTY MARKS A REMINDER OF TIME PAST TAKE A DEEP BREATH, BREATH IN THE AIR, AIR'S OLDER THAN YOU, NOW HOLD IT, LET IT OUT SLOW AIR'S BEEN HOLDING YOU, YOU HOLD ON TOO. YOUR SMILE FORMS THOSE GRACEFUL LINES FROM YOUR WIDE BROAD MOUTH TO YOUR WRINKLES, AGE SPOTS AND WIGGLY LINES.

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Date: 4/13/2014 9:57:00 AM
first of all id like to say that this was absolutley beautiful. by far one of the best blank verses ive read so far . but arent blank verses not supposed to rhyme at all ? or is this done pretty traditionally ? im sorry for my ignorance :( but id really like to post this under my classes discussion for my teachers assignment hope to hear from you soon all the best sivan
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Sharon Mason
Date: 4/27/2014 10:56:00 AM
I JUST WRITE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT LABLE TO GIVE WHAT I LOVE TO DO. WRITE WHAT I FEEL. THANKS FOR READING MY HEARTS WORDS.

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