Fragile

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!!!Fragile!!!

Just as I’m becoming less agile,
all of me is turning fragile.

Flesh on flesh and bone on bone,
Nature won’t leave me alone.

Bruise more easily, skin tears easier.
Looking up now makes me queasier.

Can’t be trusted on a ladder.
Larger hips but smaller bladder.

Lips are thinner, bones are brittler.
And suddenly, I’m two inches littler.

If Nature’s bound to fold and shrink me,
Really, now, wouldn’t you think she

could leave me with my height and lips
and do her shrinking around my hips?

The prompt today is “Fragile.” 

27 thoughts on “Fragile”

    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      I know. The other day I saw one of your poems you’d posted long ago and really did think I’d written it. I thought how much I liked it and that I barely remembered writing it–then saw your name at the end! Ha! It was your poem in praise of photographers. One of my many many favorites, but very near the top of the list. And I hereby grant you the rights back. I am always envious of your poems. Seems like if you had just waited a bit, I would have gotten around to writing them! Ha.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      Yes. The face was incredible as well but felt due to the message that I needed to shield the identity. This woman in incredibly beautiful and a fashionplate. You might tell that from the jewelry. I took a half dozen or more photos of her on this day and they were all wonderful.

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