Youth Forever Gone

I woke up this morning with a tale to be told I looked in the mirror and realized I am old My mind is now trapped in sore muscles and scars Days of my youth I wonder where you are These days will be missed tomorrow anew How will I go on what now shall I do? I now must embrace what lies ahead Vitamins and creams less hair on my head With each step I take my joints they do creek Snap crackle and pop everything's now weak I have crooked sore hands from years of hard work Arthritis creeps in with a laugh and a smirk My ankles and knees now struggle each day My aching sore feet now stop where they may I will keep forging ahead with my cane added on Today I will mourn for my youth forever gone *comments welcome and appreciated *