Fast Forward

I laughed, played, and smelled the roses…

Loved, bled and took some shit.

So why do I as an old man feel,

I blinked just once and missed it.

What happened to those decades

Between the diapers and the crypt?

The main thing I remember now,

 Is loving almost all of it.

Suddenly Winter

I suddenly found myself sitting,

In a completely darkened room.

I stumbled towards the light switch,

How did it get so late, so soon?

My loathe of daylight savings,

Is a swath of who I am…

Skipping forward OK, but backwards,

Makes a premature old man.

The night becomes a jungle,

At 4:15 PM.

Errands require a flashlight,

As we watch the sunshine end.

Jealous Lover

Time is a jealous lover,

Hating some people’s ways…

Exacting revenge against them,

By removing their future days.

It seems the scales are tilted

Against those with the purest heart. 

The kindest people in the world,

Seem the chosen first to depart.