All Up In My Mind
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
All up in my mind,
The time I spend doing as I please.
Is a relief I choose peacefully.
I have already donated much space,
To have others,
Taking advantage of my willingness...
Erasing my priorities.
Not one thoughtfully of benefit replaced.
By them or anyone else.
Asking me how I feel or felt okay.
Today as I've grown older to age.
I pay more attention to this stage I live.
Not to care less about others.
But more of what I need to stay,
Gracefully growing older in my way.
Done to do with no one to approve,
What I do to choose that satisfies...
Every move I make.
To sometimes just lay in bed.
Happy that no one calls.
Or knock on my door.
Disturbing my nothing to do.
With nothing more to choose but that!
Knowing I have earned what I have.
Including blessings from God I received.
And feeling glad,
When I was much younger...
To take chances and risks.
These days I would not consider,
If I wished my mind...
Had more time to spend,
Doing stupid things like others.
Who refuse to acknowledge,
Mother Nature and the aging process...
No one attempting this can prevent!
Once a fool.
To become twice a fool.
Eventually is a fool who accepts,
Not being a fool who regrets...
Fiction to deny the truth and reality.
Is not worth the time to spend,
Reliving a past to have had it enjoyed.
Has its memories.
When left to leave where they are.
Better reminisced in comfort!
Accepting aging has done this for me!
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Written on March 15, 2024
Submitted by lpahtillah on March 15, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,417 |
Words | 315 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 7, 8, 5, 12, 10, 1 |
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