Old And Wise

[poliphilo]

OLD AND WISE                              

                                   

To turn into an ancestor

While still alive, to become a shrine

Of wormy wood and joss-stick ash:

It could happen any time now. Your grip

Loosens and the pitons go

And you slither down into the blue-green gulf

Where all your dreams become posthumous.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There's a point at which non-conformist behaviour that threatens the status quo switches over into harmless eccentricity.

At 56 I guess I've been in the later category for a good while now.