Old Again, Young Again

The mirror of a life that’s mine
Sits journeyed in the wall.
The face is young, its glance is not,
As old and young recall. 

The answer, fading, pauses there 
Though burning in the mind,
Young again to feel the world,
Yet aged well like fine wine. 

We can just once have been there young,
Where now we cast, as old -
Our image into moistened eye,
Both now and then, to hold.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Dietrich Avatar
January 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So poetic. Well done
Waltrip Avatar
January 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thank you, Andrea! It does help to have looked in that same mirror.
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