JOURNEY TO OLD AGE

Feeds:: Posts; Comments

JOURNEY TO OLD AGE

January 3, 2012 by PhotoPoetics™

One day
I will be you
Sitting confidently
In the seat of experience
Having created
A life worthy of accolades
Because
I lived
Not cautiously

But
With an openness
That
Welcomed
Every wrinkle
As
It settled
In to its space
After being lit with laughter
From
The first moments
Of
My existence
When
It became clear
That
The journey to old age
Is
Better traveled
Holding hands with love

–

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged Art, Blogging, Journey, Life, Love, Photo, Photography, PhotoPoetics™, Photos, Pictures, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Relationships, Travel, Writing | 22 Comments

22 Responses

on January 3, 2012 at 1:44 PM | Reply diannejwilson

Beautiful!
- on January 4, 2012 at 8:29 AM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thank you Dianne!
on January 3, 2012 at 4:27 PM | Reply Bonnie Michelle

Closer to the end of the journey than the beginning I can say emphatically say you have captured its essences.
- on January 4, 2012 at 8:33 AM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thanks Bonnie!
  This piece was inspired by an elderly couple I saw on the subway one morning. I started writing within minutes of watching them interact.
on January 3, 2012 at 4:36 PM | Reply xinapray

Such a beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing!
- on January 4, 2012 at 8:34 AM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thanks for reading!
on January 3, 2012 at 6:41 PM | Reply Betty Hayes Albright

I simply love this one – maybe because from my perspective I know how true this is. Excellent!
- on January 4, 2012 at 8:35 AM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thanks Betty!
  I see around me every day how true it is.
on January 4, 2012 at 1:46 AM | Reply michaelbanak

Beautiful poem
- on January 4, 2012 at 8:35 AM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thanks Michael!
on January 4, 2012 at 4:41 AM | Reply granbee

Living so that we welcome every wrinkle as it settles into place: a better mantra I cannot think of at present! Gloriously victorious poem. The photo points us both onward and upward. May it be so in 2012.
- on January 4, 2012 at 8:36 AM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thanks granbee!
  All the best to you for 2012!
on January 4, 2012 at 8:34 PM | Reply pandamoniumcat

This is just beautiful!
- on January 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thank you!
on January 8, 2012 at 9:19 PM | Reply danitacahill

Nice. And so true.
- on January 22, 2012 at 12:55 PM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thanks Danita!
on January 9, 2012 at 10:38 PM | Reply pearlsandprose

So beautifully written.
- on January 22, 2012 at 12:55 PM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thank you.
on January 20, 2012 at 5:17 PM | Reply pointsthruprose

beautiful poem and beautifully written
- on January 22, 2012 at 12:56 PM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thank you
on January 22, 2012 at 2:17 PM | Reply nigel

I think this photograph is really great. I like the viewpoint and just everything about it… 🙂
- on March 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM | Reply PhotoPoetics™
  
  Thanks Nigel!
  I took this photo many years ago at a train station in one of my favourite cites in the world: London UK.

Comments RSS

Comment Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

Follow PhotoPoetics™

Email Address:

Join 653 other subscribers
Recent Posts
Archives
Archives
Tweets
Tweets by photopoetics
Listen
PhotoPoetics™ Links
- PhotoPoetics™ @ Imagekind
- PhotoPoetics™ on CafePress
Buy PhotoPoetics™ Note Cards
Copyright

© PhotoPoetics™. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to PhotoPoetics™ with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. This includes all written material, photographs and spoken word.