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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2019-07-07 06:53 AM

I’m old,
it is official and
undeniable now.
Nevermind the
gray hair,
wrinkles,
memory loss,
inevitable weight gain and
age spots…
I have an old skin boo boo
on my arm.
It is an angry red blotch
from a run in
of unknown origin.
It is not
a bruise,
a scratch,
a scrape or
a burn.
It is that distinctive
and unique damage
done upon old skin.
The more elderly the skin,
the larger and darker,
almost black
the blotches become.
Mine is just a little red one.
Nonetheless,
a line has been crossed,
it is a harbinger.
As I contemplate
the implications,
I realize my attitude
is rather Eeyore
about it.

LGR(C)7/7/19

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

1 posted 2019-07-09 12:28 PM

Awwww Lori..you have a lovely face..a few skin
blotches can't take that away, nor your great
attitude! Loved your Eeyore-close.

Sky~

A Poem Begins as a
Lump in the Throat,
A Sense of Wrong,
A Home-Sickness,
A Love-Sickness.

~Robert Frost

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2019-07-10 06:03 AM

Sky, thanks so much for saving my goose-egg! I was afraid it was doomed to the land of the unread. LOL. So happy you liked my ending! ~L

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

3 posted 2019-07-14 01:37 AM

I bet you are not near as old as I feel, Lori. Your ending made me smile though.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2019-07-14 02:14 AM

We do become a bit Eeyore with time. It tends to beat us up a bit as we get older. They say time doesn't really exist but every new wrinkle
insists that it does.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2019-07-15 04:03 AM

Michael,
Don't count on it, I just tried watching my 14 month old grandson for a few hours the other day and it totally kicked my butt! Took me a whole day to recover! I was walking about a mile and a half a day until Dennis got cancer and then I just went to pot. I'm sure my core has turned to jello. Come to find out, I've had severe sleep apnea as well. At least that part I'm getting under control. ~L

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2019-07-15 04:09 AM

Ida,
I agree 100%! And the extra pounds I've picked up along the way are just as bad. Don't know that I'm willing to trade pounds for wrinkles yet, but I bet my knees wish I would. ~L

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