poem Archives - Embracing the Aging Process https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/category/poem/ Your guide to Conscious Aging Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:40:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 202465621 Poem about Aging https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/poem-about-aging/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/poem-about-aging/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:37:54 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=311   I am not old…she said I am rare. I am the standing ovation At the end of the play. I am the retrospective Of my life as art I am the hours Connected like dots Into good sense I am the fullness Of existing. You think I am waiting to die… But I am Read More

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]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/poem-about-aging/feed/ 0 311 OLD AGE REQUIRES THE GREATEST COURAGE https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/old-age-requires-the-greatest-courage/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/old-age-requires-the-greatest-courage/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:20:29 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=309 The greatest courage is not needed for war, but for ordinary people growing old. Like soldiers, the aged are never very far from death: many are called, all are chosen. A soldier faces danger then retreats, but for the old, going back is not possible; they may hunger for youth but pray for the luck Read More

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