My hair mostly gray

Hips and bones are frail

The knees soon to betray

But with the girl in me

I bet I can still sail

 

Music and words tend to jumble

Mornings are hard on my joints

Sometimes I am likely to stumble

But with the girl in me

Never do I lose my poise

 

I have travelled so far and wide

Read books I may not remember

Getting older there is a downside

But with the girl in me

A memory brings fun and laughter

 

Your love keeps me alive

Not scared or never afraid

Even though I can no longer jive

But with the girl in me

My spirit will never ever fade

 

 

I feel so proud and sexy

Not a cellulite on my thigh

My breasts standing up high

 Looking at you at thirty

I can't contemplate I am fifty

Make-up I don’t have to buy

I can tell you have a weekly supply

Lipstick and liners that don’t last

Ash breath smells like the past

You are in the mid-life fight

A crisis I don’t worry at night

I am old and almost retired

You’re young yet already tired

I travel the world with ease

Debt-free free from worries

Who is the biggest ass

When you start to sass

You can’t shop without cards

While I cash in on my rewards

I am almost fifty and in demand

The thing you don’t understand

Better get your self together gal

Or you'd see the real fem fatale

 

Footsteps

Squeaking wheels

Cold room

Smell of bleach

Positively not my bed

 

Even with my eyes closed

I can see the bright lights

Too bright just a peek

I know where I am

I am ok just breathe

 

Cold bed thin sheet

Reach out no blanket

My hand

Burning butterfly

Look up old trick

 

Nurse there is a bubble in my tubing

Watch it

It is not moving

Forget it

I can’t keep my eyes open

 

I feel refreshed

Like cold water running through my vein

Too refreshed Nurse

You are pumping air into my brain

 

Listen

Heartbeat not fast surprisingly

Relaxed not really weak maybe

Anxiety hello I am awake

Hurry let me out before I panic

 

I’m just sitting here thinking

Why did we have to say goodbye

I wished we had more time

For things we normally hide

 

We are the best together

In love time seems to linger

Until the day we had to carry on

Promised nothing could go wrong

 

That day I gave you a bottle

Inside is a love that will never die

A red rose like my heart so fragile

Encased in a crystal as pure as I

 

Now we are an ocean and a sea away

Seems time is just passing us by

Wondering if can still make you sigh

Or if the love in trepidation will stay

 

Sometimes time not only heal

Sad memories of yesterday

But seem to also conceal

The love we fear to betray

 

There is no rhyme or reason

The music plays no rhythm

Lovers dancing to the habitual tune

One ceaselessly talking

The other hears but never really listens

 

Love and hate is an inescapable game

Amusingly each play is never the same

In fear of losing we stride that extra mile

Hoping to give one more reason to smile

Ungrateful one finds only reasons to frown

 

The pains have always been there

Just now we know how they truly feel

Minds changing new feelings begin

Which what moment seems unreal

Desperate times impossible to heal

 

When loving is all we do

In our dreams day or night

For everything we had to give

Why was it difficult to find

A room for one more in this life

 

Wherefore art thou my valentine

Crawl back in bed and go hide

It’s only a card with a heart inside

You don’t have to be Einstein

 

Christmas Hanukah Kwannza Yule

Gift giving is against your rule

It isn’t fair for a lonely orphan

When you spoil the festive fun

 

Birthday is just a numbers game

Wish not count the extra digit

If not for filing a refund claim

IRS can just consider it private

 

It’s a headache looking at a vacuum

Rather pay a lady to clean the house

You either enjoy the white costume

Or a Bah, Humbug! Can’t get a spouse

 

 

I have long brown hair

Not wanting to be blonde

No blue-eyed dream

Just nice lingerie

 

I have a nice golden tan

Not wanting to be fair

No unsightly tan lines

I can wear a saran

 

I love being an island girl

My skin is always on a cover

I travel anywhere like the sun

And I own a beautiful pearl