Today

[... on feeling old...]

Today I'm struggling with feeling old
..... feeling that my race is run
and my face is turned
to the setting sun.

There are days when the body
says "hey.... your get up has gone"
and the aches talk louder than the hormones.

"That's it!" methinks.... the hormones drive
me to think and feel as if....
.... as if time has rolled back
and I'm a young buck feeling his oats
.... but reality bites in and I know
that the oats have been eaten by the goats!
There's not much left to feed the ego
driven by goaty hormones!

What can I do?
Sit and dream of days gone by?
Wait for the clock spring to wind down?....
... the tick to stop tock-ing?

Or find some adrenalin stoking excitement .....
... to re-live for a few hours ..... the thrill
that our bodies are still capable of?

Yes ... Yes! .... YES!
Here I come! You can't stop me now!
Goat number one is on the run!


© Ian Croft April 2019