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Susan Christensen

Deep Within Old Age

Artist: Jane Wolters

I breathed, I joyed, I raged, I trudged.
I taught – inadvertently, and purposefully
I recycled my parent's dreams.
I spawned the next conquerors.
I passed on the torch.

Seen as sinister to be hidden away
Out of sight. Go die clinically alone.
Face your pain-free, sterile transition
From this earthly plane. You've nothing left
To contribute, so... Go Away!
Who needs you?

Spiritually shivering. Fearing you missed
Some meaningless, unrecognized goal.
It's all been for naught!
There's no dignified acceptance
Of the cycle, nor recognition of
Your place in the scheme.

Oh, deep within, one knows:
God is the Old Repairman.

I breathed, I joyed, I raged, I trudged.
I taught – inadvertently, and purposefully
I recycled my parent's dreams.
I spawned the next conquerors.
I passed on the torch.