How sharp are now the cleaves upon your face.The downy hairs upon your softened jaw
Show clear that claims of golden age are base.
Your feeble joints grow weary of the race.
Your back is bent, your slippered feet are sore
And can’t maintain the unrelenting pace.
Ornaments stand proud on crocheted lace
A life displayed in china – nothing more
Is needed to exhume each holy place.
Arms that cradled children in good grace
Now drip with skinny skin and bruise till raw
When lightly held in sorrowful embrace.
Justice flees and leaves no mortal trace.
The runner will not make it to fourth base,
The struggle more important than the score,
The wish to sleep more potent than the chase.
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