Collegan
Once you were lush
Form sweet and ripe
Skin satin, elastic
All poreless and tight
Now bones are weak
Cracked, brittle and thin
Womb used and dry
No more collegan
Dismissed and discarded
As if aging a sin
Punished for wrinkles
That show where you've been
Old coins yield no currency
They're weathered and bare
You're transparent, invisible
Like you're not even there
But I know I have value
My wisdom has worth
I'm still viable, tangible
I still walk this earth
A new day is dawning
So let me join in
I still count, I matter
With less collegan
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