Not Yet
‘You’ve seen it all, done it all’
They say of the elderly like me.
I want to scream, ‘Not yet.’
They don’t know of my superpowers,
My mind encompassing the whole world,
My ability to fly to its farthest points
To trawl their treasures.
Constantly I mount mountains,
Dive deep into oceans, climb clouds,
Delve into forests, commune with wildlife.
I tiptoe amongst the sleeping,
Whisper words of solace and love,
Smooth furrowed brows and vanish
Before fresh eyes open to hopeful morns.
Sometimes I surprise the unsuspecting
when they see this young girl’s learning,
The honing of my superpowers,
The exercising, stretching of my mind
To embrace adventure, novelty, fulfillment.
Not even when I die will it be said of me,
She has seen it all, done it all,’ but
‘She did wear out several tee-shirts.
About this poem
I wrote this poem to vie against the trope that life is over for the elderly.
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Written on September 27, 2023
Submitted by moyagoatley on September 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXBXXBXXXCXXBCCBXX AXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 817 |
Words | 154 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 19, 3 |
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