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Poems - The Body Will Always Welcome Inactivity

The Body Will Always Welcome Inactivity

by jeffbell

Life will eventually pass us all by,
But I've never heard much honesty
In this department, as it overtakes.
No, instead this is when the excuses arrive,
Reason for not trying?......too busy,
Reason for not doing? .....I thought you were!
And the classic....I don't know how to do that!
So why can't the new arrivals to the old,
Just gladly sit down by the roadside, as life disappears
Over the horizon and release themselves
From their guilt by shouting " I've now so much time
On my hands, and I absolutely love doing nothing with it!"
Learn something new, excuse me?
That's not my department! they reply.

I learnt at an early age, the less you do,
The less you want to do...till eventually
You grind to a halt, the realisation
Was quite scary too.
Always using tomorrow as the answer.
But if that's your decision, then don't lie,
Rejoice in your defeat and the path you've chosen,
Where all your years become weeks,
And some do this in their twenties, or even earlier?
The body will always welcome inactivity,
And you cant blame it, for mistakenly thinking
It's been given free membership to the Royal Family.

As I watch the London Marathon on TV,
The commentator announces the arrival of
An 81 year old man who waves to the camera as he runs by.
With 13 miles still to go.......I try to switch channels,
But my TV remote is dead? now ahead of me,
The major effort of searching the kitchen drawer,
Needing two new batteries for my very own butler.
You see!! you cant bullshit me,
Because I know the feeling all too well myself.

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Re: The Body Will Always Welcome Inactivity (Score: 1 )
by Veils_Mistress on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 (22:35:30)

Wow, I think a lot could relate to this!

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Re: The Body Will Always Welcome Inactivity (Score: 1 )
by jeffbell on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 (16:35:31)

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