Chirps on a Wire

Growing old things loved and cherished come and go phone calls- text messages thinning tossed aside in a world of folly and frost- Growing old in a world that keeps getting colder hard faces-hovering over graying steps cobwebs in the corner of an empty nest Growing old, another funeral procession -one friend less life becoming endless blue eulogy-nothing more nothing less layers of experiences - wisdom made very little difference the pearl got lost in the yellow froth of my mess. Growing old what am I to leave behind... a fistful of photos- memories forgotten a few half assed poems a small sac of dirty dimes Where does time go when its tired years lost to a breeze-like a willow in spring hard times and regret chirp away at the mind like sparrows on a line-so little time Where did the time go I wish I could buy a little bit more to release dream from chrysalis place barbed words back in the voice box to pay for goals unmet to water parched apologies to tether forgiveness to regret where did the time go growing old.