When Did We Get So Old? (A Picture Book)

When did we get so old?

I don’t mean the aches and pains

The loss of memories

Nor the furrows in our brows

The wrinkles and changes

Sagging skin

Shrinking

 

 

 

 

 

 

When did we get so old

That we shake our head what is new

And “tsktsktsk” like our grandparents

And hold onto regrets

Or retreat into the past

Saying goodbyes

More often?

 

 

 

Have we lost sight of fun

As vitality slowly takes flight

Of purpose more then money

Holding onto things

Letting people go

More afraid of dying

Then living

 

 

 

What is wrong with living young,

Being silly and thinking free?

Afraid more of the grey on top

Instead of the growing malaise

Of the grey reaching down

Sucking us dry

Withering insides

 

 

 

(c) Matt Brown

 

When did we get so old?

Time is a passing thing

We have no control

It is what it is

So let it pass

So let it pass

 

I have a kite to fly