u/Fearless_Breath8777 — reddlx

A poem about age.

Faded, a smile
Once so crafted, torn, wrinkled
Her gaze confronted the pond beyond her.

“They don’t get to talk to many,
Not much more” a voice beside me hushed;
Solemnly, I nod.

And to think, of pale her,
Time, so much lost -
A carousel of memories now dies:

When she grew of age, each candle marked
Only by its slowly fizzling out
A life of love, and loss, and nothing to last

Will they remember her? No,
She doesn’t talk to many,
Not much more.

And so, a statue sat on the bench
Like stone, now reflects
A life measured by headstone, as time dejects;

A lie in the ground beneath us.
The gaze rests,
and all time has disproved.

Comments:

(On a walk, I saw an old woman sat alone on a park bench. Hopefully you can tell in this poem what I thought about it!)

Faded, a smile
Once so crafted, torn, wrinkled
Her gaze confronted the pond beyond her.

“They don’t get to talk to many,
Not much more” a voice beside me hushed;
Solemnly, I nod.

And to think, of pale her,
Time, so much lost -
A carousel of memories now dies:

When she grew of age, each candle marked
Only by its slowly fizzling out
A life of love, and loss, and nothing to last

Will they remember her? No,
She doesn’t talk to many,
Not much more.

And so, a statue sat on the bench
Like stone, now reflects
A life measured by headstone, as time dejects;

A lie in the ground beneath us.
The gaze rests,
and all time has disproved.

Comments:

▲ 50 r/LSE

we have been together for so many 7:55pm disappointments. i will miss you all.

thank you for keeping me somewhat together during this wait and maybe i will see some of you there!!

but what do i insure??
LSE - A*AA, bristol A*A*B, notts AAB
i dont really want to go to notts but is insuring bristol a risky play...

also who do durham think they are LOL...

26 lnat A*A*A (+A* epq) 99999888876