Donations are essential to keep Write Out Loud going    

Letting Things Go

 

it's fun now

to just let things go

let it be

don't fool with it

don't fix it

let it deteriorate 

go back to dirt

who cares

when you're this damn old

more fun to watch the grass grow

the paint dry

whatever it is

can wait until tomorrow

manana is a better time

when you hit this age

it don't matter no more

no emergency

no urgency

no schedule to keep

just sittin' and thinkin' is better

rest your bones

slowness is the apt propulsion

sleep the comfort of old age

i'm lettin' things go

my energy is spent

my ambition already went.

 

 

🌷(4)

◄ Cat Nap

Ordering A Mouse ►

Comments

Profile image

M.C. Newberry

Sat 8th Jun 2019 15:15

I like this - both style and content.
On the subject of the ageing process the moral is clear -
If your "get up and go" got up and went,
Relax - and consider the cost well spent.

Profile image

Don Matthews

Sat 8th Jun 2019 11:11

I'm geared up to type me a poem
When you come along say go rest bones
Sittin' and thinkin' is better ?
This won't produce my poetry tome

What else do you advise for an oldie?
Let's see, I go limp?, deteriorate?
My energy's spent, my ambition's all went
I'll lie on my couch, wait my fate

(With glass of wine and winter woolie sox....) ?

Seriously, I thought your last two lines were good. Forgive my plaigarism.


d.knape

Sat 8th Jun 2019 10:31

really written by O.L. Buzzerd
fellow artist & poet.

If you wish to post a comment you must login.

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message