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Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

0 posted 2004-11-19 03:29 PM

lines are etched upon your face
and hair once chestnut now flows gray
your shoulders,
they bend--
from the weight of years
pulled forward
      by the futility
           of fighting gravity

your walk—
it is more of a shuffle
and you often cannot hear
but I see the light that shines in eyes
that knew youth without fear

that wandered cross miles of unknown land
mapped trails that left each wrinkle there
loved more than mortal man can bear
gifting you with that snow white hair

your heart
        was wounded
              and sometimes broken

your soul so weary—
each step alone
was bathed
in a hundred shed tears

but still . . .

you stood brave and resolute
and opened your arms to all those near
shifting the sands of other lands
by simply your being here

by simply

being here –

s.a.t.

Note - I work in an office where we see many elderly people - they each have a story and were not always old - funny - when I see them, I can see the years melt away and stories unfold of youth, vitality, passion and pain - just makes me think

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

1 posted 2004-11-19 03:38 PM

HEY!

You talkin' to me????

Sounds like me alright...

Enjoyed a look from the outside looking in.

JL

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2004-11-19 03:42 PM

Excellent write Susan..enjoyed the read.
Hugs~

SPIRIT
Senior Member

since 2002-12-29

Posts 1745
California Desert

3 posted 2004-11-19 04:02 PM

I'm getting up there - although I don't realize it that much until I look in the mirror and see my Grandmother looking back at me.

Nice scribe.

babygirlwlove
Senior Member

since 2004-10-10

Posts 1180
New York City

4 posted 2004-11-19 04:07 PM

Susan...

your depth and sensitivity and knack to lift emotion from the page leaves me....in awe...

great scribe!

love&light,
**babygirL**

**Intoxicant to the SouL**

Cloud 9
Senior Member

since 2004-11-05

Posts 980
Ca

5 posted 2004-11-19 04:21 PM

Susan
Love the way you take an observation and put it into such a lovely poem.

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

6 posted 2004-11-19 04:33 PM

You need never wear glasses. Your vision is already 20/20! ~ Besides, you see with more than your eyes!

Warm hugs to you, Special Susan!

Linda

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

7 posted 2004-11-19 05:15 PM

they are so overlooked most of the time or just condescended to or thought of as not even mattering, sad, how they are treated and then stuffed into nursing homes,left to wither, god this is sad, but you've given them the humanity they deserve after a life lived
dad had alzheimers died last xmas eve; timely piece for me

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

8 posted 2004-11-19 08:08 PM

To be old—
Now amid the swirling snow
I understand:
No one comes to visit me;
There is no place to go.

Teika

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

9 posted 2004-11-20 09:09 AM

time steals the youth
but leaves behind
an entrance
to new day birth

nice heart babe!!

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

10 posted 2004-11-20 09:17 AM

I love elderly folks, they are awesome!

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

11 posted 2004-11-20 09:59 AM

Thank you, my dear poet friends - your compliments and kind replies warm my heart and I give to you all my deepest regard in return -

I love to sit and talk with the elderly and hear what their youth was like - like reading a good book -

Hugs - Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

*Alli4000*

Member Elite

since 2004-03-21

Posts 3188
The World of Poetry

12 posted 2004-11-20 02:55 PM

quote:
I love to sit and talk with the elderly and hear what their youth was like.

Yes, they have such sotries to tell...

~Alli~

*:.AIM = Alli4000.:* My Journal
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened...

DavePage
Member Elite

since 2003-12-21

Posts 2917

13 posted 2004-11-20 04:31 PM

Susan

You are very talented.

Dave

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

14 posted 2004-11-20 07:46 PM

Allie - thank you - they are interesting aren't they?

Dave - thank you kind sir for the compliment

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

15 posted 2004-11-21 02:52 PM

Dear Susan, this is so very very beautiful and touches me deeply. To be inspired by the elderly people and honor them and their stories is a wonderful deed.

Thank you for the deep emotion.

Love, Margherita

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

16 posted 2004-11-21 02:54 PM

And thank you Margherita for the warmth of your heart -

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

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