Words spoken
Gossip mills
Even nice ones
Poke jab ill will
of aging
defying the option
over 50
or 40
or 30
yet wrinkle to wrinkle
the lines they settle
the dark spots
and every new crinkle
ever hear someone
tell you
replace the negative
words with positive
it’s a habit
to form to
rise above
the norm
the glum
and the down in the
dump days
now I hear what have you done
Botox restlyn what filler?
tummy tuck Brest lift
neck snip
no
replace the words vibrating low
in the air
or thoughts in my head when I look in the mirrow
to how beautiful
those loving eyes
my what they have seen
felt
cried
head to the woods feel the sun
cross my eyes
brisk walk in the streets
people watch
and smile
don’t
no time for blood pricked
from my arm to rejuvenate my skin
that’s what inversions are for
pump iron at the gym
The Past Stays Here 