The Same Inside

A famous quote by Gertrude Stein Is one I can abide. It says that, “We are always The” (exact) “same age inside.” A film on Leonard Cohen I saw Embraces this belief, For age and all its facets Is a dominant motif. Performances of famous songs Are featured back to back By Cohen in youth and middle age And on the senior track. His passion never waivers; He retains his slender frame And his voice and repartee remain Remarkably the same. We can’t explain to someone young That what our age does hide Is all that makes us who we are, Tucked, safe and sound, inside.