Getting older (55)
Growing Older 1967 (Gilroy)
Growing Old {55}
You don’t appreciate what you have till it’s gone
Your youth, body and mind
Will soon fade in time
Before you know it, your fifty-five
You don’t have much more time to be alive
Your looks will fade
That’s what they said
By then I hoped I would be dead
Looking in the mirror
bags under my eyes
new aches and pains
To my surprise
I used to move quite fast you see
I’d be so full of energy
My ready to go
Got up and went
I worked 5 hours and I am spent
I’ve become my parents
Please say it isn’t so
I now know what it’s like to grow old
Treasure your youth
Enjoy your life
Because before you know it you’ll be fifty-five
By Y. Warren
About this poem
I wrote this poem because I turned 55 and just felt old.
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Written on March 18, 2023
Submitted by Chickie0615 on June 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 682 |
Words | 149 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 1 |
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