The dripping wax

life sucks sometimes

Knowing where I'm going
it seems a dead end
the end for us all
no immortality

I'm present and knowing
for now it's good
uncertainty lurks
around the corner

slowly

Anyway the wind is blowing
I'll unfurl my sail
must move forward
time won't stop

I watch the wax dripping
from the candle
beads flow at random
quickest way to the bottom

frozen

Like my joints hardening
an inevitable stop
painful abandonment
of friends and family

My list shortening
one by one
they are
gone

Reviews

[augustus]

I wonder how many prisoners in the Tower of London watched a candle dripping its last?

[Anne Martin]

Quite a few probably. Thanks.

[Chris]

Yes, it really, really does - but the alternative to alive is unacceptable to some - though sometimes I wonder.

[Anne Martin]

I should have said, "Getting old sucks." Not only does your body break down, but your friends and family start dying.

[wordman]

not much to hold on to,life i guess

[Anne Martin]

Sometimes that is all you can do.

[wordman]

of course,and you`re welcome