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  1. 21. The Mirror

    • By Rick Hunter
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2016 with permission of the Author.

    My mirror is broken, or at least it seems to be,
    for today I discovered an old man staring back at me.

    The face I recognized,

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    As we get older, we look back and realize that age gradually snuck up on us. Once we take the time to look in the mirror, it is a startled realization about the facts we must face. This poem...

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  3. 22. Signs That You Are Old

    You find you're getting hairier though not atop your head.
    You somehow sustain injuries while sleeping in your bed.
    Your arm is not quite long enough to make the fine print clear.
    You walk into a room then think - Now why'd I come in here?

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  5. 23. Will You Pick Me Again

    • By Darrel F. Kersting
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 16, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    We're getting older now our time is coming to an end
    I just need to know if you'd pick me again
    There's Reincarnation I've heard that it's true
    When I get back here I'll start looking for you

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  6. 24. The Sands Of Time

    • By Stephanie M. Lawrence
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2020 with permission of the Author.

    I look in the mirror and see
    A stranger looking back at me.
    Who's that person standing there
    With wrinkled skin and such gray hair?

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  7. 25. Old Dancers

    • By Stephen Murray
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 17, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    I know we're old now and our bodies don't work as they should.
    But if I could dance with you once more I surely would.

    To dance as we did without a care.

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  8. 26. Will I Lose Myself?

    Will I slowly wither like a leaf
    That falls upon the earth?
    Once void of all its Autumn hues,
    It loses all its worth.

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  9. 27. Time Is

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    Time is
    Too Slow for those who Wait,
    Too Swift for those who Fear,
    Too Long for those who Grieve,

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  10. 28. I Hurt Too

    • By Ingrid Pegram
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 21, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    Do you feel the pain I feel when I leave you in this place ?
    the heartache and the grief are etched in the lines upon your face
    I truly hate to leave you...but you know the time has come
    and you'll be so well cared for..in this lovely nursing home

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  11. 29. The Time Of My Life

    • By Alora M. Knight
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2018 with permission of the Author.

    I realize I've reached the time
    When it's very plain to see
    That I now must be selective
    In what my preferences will be.

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  12. 30. Elusive Sleep

    Restful sleep has proved elusive.
    Lack of it is not conducive
    To my overall wellbeing,
    As I stare up at the ceiling.

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  13. 31. Invisibility

    • By James T. Atkins
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2019 with permission of the Author.

    As a child, I recall, I used to think the coolest thing to be,
    truly nothing could be more fun than invisibility.

    I could sneak up on my sisters and scare them if I chose.

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  14. 32. 50th High School Reunion

    • By William B Watkins
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 6, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    We gather here once more
    To remember a younger day,
    When life was mostly before us
    And the future a game to play.

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  15. 33. Fading

    • By Danb Fernie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 6, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    I know that nothing ever lasts,
    and my memories, they're fading fast,
    but I have my photographs,
    and I know we used to laugh.

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  16. 34. I Still Hear My Mama Singing

    Mama with her babies in her rocking chair, she sings
    The soothing sound of lullabies,
    Her voice so sweetly rings.
    Singing in her rocking chair,

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  17. 35. Pretty Little High Heels

    Pretty little high heels,
    How you look so grand.
    I can remember when I wore you
    And I could proudly stand.

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  18. 36. Remembering

    • By Alora M. Knight
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2015 with permission of the Author.

    When sleepless I lie,
    As the hours slip by,
    I go walking the paths back home.
    I hear the meadowlark's song

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  19. 37. Reflection

    • By Judi Twomey
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

    I stand before the mirror
    A stranger stares at me
    I've been replaced by someone else
    They're standing where I used to be.

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  20. 38. Old Folks Laugh

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    They have spent their
    content of simpering,
    holding their lips this
    and that way, winding

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  21. 39. A Geezer's Gripings

    • By Rick W. Cotton
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2017 with permission of the Author.

    I'm getting older, nature deems.
    I'm coming apart at the seams.
    The things that never hurt before
    Now multiply, make more and more.

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  22. 40. Daddy, I Remember

    • By Tiffany Loftis
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2014 with permission of the Author.

    Daddy I remember, before you fell ill,
    the spark in your eyes, the laughter, the thrill.

    Daddy, I long for that day, when that spark comes back.

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