It creeps up on me. When
I climb the ladder to store my booze above the corner cupboard. When I bend
down to accomplish certain tasks and find my elbow pushed to my thigh, guarding
my back. When I stumble just a little on the stairs. When I ascend and descend a
staircase (generally not nude), so many times a day, I hear it whisper: not
forever.
I don’t heal as quickly
as I used to. I’m not really gaining weight, but everything is shifting—I am
thicker in the middle. One of these days I will not be able to turn that
birthday cartwheel. (Of course, it would be good if I turned cartwheels between birthdays.)
Old age. The end of
days. Not forever. I must be brave.
Yes, daily creeping fear here.
ReplyDeleteI am unhealthily fixated on the "generally not nude" parenthetical statement.
ReplyDeleteHeh heh.
DeleteYes, it is coming.
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