Fading Ink

Fading Ink

On the folios

Of my book of life

Upon

Thin pallid parchment pages

The once bold ink

Is now fading

The preface

Full of anticipations

Is chased

By contrasting chapters

Embracing

Both exploits and discontents

Encased within

My hardback covers

Lay many

Secret reflective memories

Each new day

Adding another episode

But these come

With mixed blessings

As more pages penned

Brings closer

The final conclusion

To my existence

Copyright @ Phillozofee 2022

Reviews

[FGFRANKLIN]

We each have our own table of contents. Our "foreword" is made up of innocent infancy. Our final chapters are wrapping our story up. Sometimes we need proofreading and editing to salvage an action packed chapter or two. But let's hope the author is satisfied with the final print. I enjoyed the read, my friend. Well done!

[Carola]

hi phil, oh wow!! i love your wordsmanship, very articulate. i loved this poem.
having just finished writing my own memoirs I can relate to this.
cheerio carola

[Betty Hermelee]

That's what book are about, reflections on one's life, be it positive or negative; some chapters reflect sad pieces and others more happy pieces of your life...it's conflicting all the time, because we keep changing our way and thoughts about life. Even though there are mixed notions, the final conclusion is your individualism.
Best,
Betty

[Cherrie Palmer]

That old hardback cover sheltering old secrets that even we nolonger know.

[Ada]

As we age, we all face our own mortality; yours just happens to be on paper...clever write.

[Chris Shaw]

We all have our own book of life. For some the volume may be slim. For others, packed full. For us poets, ours will record our writings and thoughts as we tread our journey through life. A ragbag of our experiences, some good, some not so good. Thank you Phil for the gift of your poetry. Happy new year my friend.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

The idea of cursor...of penmanship....of actually writing on parchment...like Dickinson wrote her poems, all 1775 of them.
And yes, we write our way closer to the end with each word we put down on the paper.
j.

[Phill Oz O'fee]

Happy New Year my friend - thank you for your review (my first this year) - :-)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Your ink will never fade.
Happy New Year, Phill.
j.