HIDING MY OWN EGGS

There MAY be a few advantages that come with age....

The lost landscape of my childhood only exists now in memories that are somewhat clouded. It was so long ago, it seems as if they happened to someone else that I can't remember all that well either. I feel like a lumpy ridge cobbled with loose scree when I make my spent way down a rock-strewn trail and when the beautifully perfect face on my favorite magazine cover flaunts itself unashamedly in my direction, all I can see are my own bony, arthritic hands smudged with the days gardening as I quickly turn the page. But the turned pages are none the better...with those pencil thin runway models looking like savagely neglected flowers that might blow away with one disappointing flaw.  I know I will never wear a string bikini again (as if I ever did!) but yet I'm happy.....these are my golden (?) years. It really is not ALL that bad to be getting older. I don't need to laugh at jokes I don't consider to be funny or spend half the night trying to figure out what to wear to try and look thinner and sexier....and the best thing about having such a short memory is that everything in my closet seems new and best of all....I can hide my own Easter eggs! ;>)

Reviews

[MsJewel]

I can relate to your words in so many ways Sharon. Why is it that those memories we would love to hang on to seem to fade with time? I struggle at times to remember the face of someone who was so dear to me...and as years go on, he is getting a bit blurry..

Love the bit of humor at the end. It's wonderful to read your poetry again.
Julie

[Miss Sharon]

How nice to hear from you again Julie! Thank you for this very nice review my dear. ~Sharon

[Woody]

oh Miss Sharon, this is bitter sweet and funny with an undercurrent of melancholy.
you described getting on in age in an original way. though I'm of a different gender (see picture on the left) I can easily relate, as I'm certainly not getting any younger myself. well except for the string bikini.
loved it.

[Miss Sharon]

Ah Woody...you make my heart smile! Thank you for a wonderful and kind review. I appreciate you. ~Sharon

[Jamestown]

What a fantastic write with uplifting humor and positive energy!
I completely enjoyed reading this and will remember this piece
for some time to come:) Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Miss Sharon]

Thanks so much for a wonderful review my friend! I really appreciate you. ~Sharon

[wordman]

well sharon,i can certainly relate the golden years,i wonder whats gold about them
with all the ailments we are burdened with ,if it wasn`t for grand children it wouldn`t be worth it

[Miss Sharon]

I hear you bro! I don't know who ever dubbed them the "golden years" because there doesn't seem to be much gold anywhere but my teeth. LOL Thanks for the nice review. (You are blessed to have grandchildren. I will never have grandchildren. My son passed away and my daughter can not have grandchildren. Maybe when I get to heaven the Lord will let me have some of my own!) ~Sharon

[wordman]

well ,hope he does sharon.your son probally has a dozen waiting on you

[~]

Ahh, this put a smile on my face. I live my life within two lines: no regret/ and be content -- your poem is a tribute to what i feel is true and what all of us should spend our lives living for. Gorgeous write Miss Sharon! :D

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you so much my dear for a lovely review! I appreciate you. ~Sharon

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really like this...today's media paints this unrealistic idea of perfect.
i believe the perfect human is the flawed human, and flaws are most beautiful...

[Miss Sharon]

Here, here Jacob! My point exactly. Thanks for the kind review. ~Sharon

[Willard Wells]

Love the reality that you bring. And by a certain age the right to light or not like something is sometimes the only control in life that is left. Glad you are living life to it's fullest and enjoying the golden years, so many don't know how to be happy and enjoy. Thank you for sharing.

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you ever so much for a lovely review Willard! It means so much to me to know you enjoyed this one. ~Sharon

[rubie]

I don't think there is a person out there who cannot relate to this one.

As we age, it seems that the days drag, but the years fly by. Sometimes, when I look back on youth, it seems like a different person who lived in a different world, and to some extent that is true. Yet, at other times, it's hard to fathom that it was as long ago as it was, because it seems like yesterday. I often wonder where the years went, because I can't recall what transpired between then and now. A strange dichotomy.

But yet, your piece has an even more important message. Young women are so overwhelmed by superficiality and that "pencil-thin" model image of what society tells them is beautiful. It is not until those years are long gone that they come to accept their true inner beauty.

Great write!

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you ever so much Rubie for your beautiful and generous remarks! I really appreciate the time you took to read and understand my intended message. ~Sharon