Friday, August 23, 2019

40

Angst
About turning forty

A forever teen
In an aging shell

All the things I haven't done

All the things maybe I'll do now

On the eve of both
Death and rebirth

Body already giving up
The possibility of
Creating more life

Which is fine

And sad

Done with all that
But grieving
A closed door

An existential crisis
An exhausted shrug

I haven't figured
Any of this out yet

Just as lost now
If not more
Than at 20 or 30

Only now
A familiar lost
Comfortably Numb

Oh,  hey
Yeah

That's my
Turning Forty Theme Song