Antiquity

I feel like an antiquity some relic from the past crumbling at the edges eroded over time aging has arrived There are fissures in my proud steel plated armor once invincible reality is bringing with it a heavy blow it creeps upon you like a stealth thief in the night now you berate yourself for being caught unaware new words slip into your vocabulary things like “possible stroke” a litany of tests are conducted let’s begin with a blood test maybe a urine sample we can schedule an MRI is this a heart attack there is a CAT or CT scan as it is known what about the C word, cancer let’s do an ultrasound ff that doesn’t find it there is always an endoscopy or colonoscopy complete with biopsy the realization that life’s destiny is prevailing is the end nigh the relic you have become looking at you in the mirror of life Andreas Simic©