Kiss My Asp's blog: "Ode Dear - collection of silly poems"

Wrote this sometime in 2008, I think. Still, can't expect me to remember that any more ;)

I've lost my hair, it isn't fair

But there's a positive side

Least I can say, I won't go grey

Or comb over the great divide

I used to wake as dawn would break

Bright and fresh and early

Now when it's time to rise, I can't open my eyes

Roll out of bed grumpy and surly

So deeply I spoke, when my voice first broke

How proudly and loud I could shout

Now it's broken off as I splutter and cough

In trying to get the words out

My teeth were once bright, set straight and white

Behind smooth lips made for kissing

Now they're crooked and angling, a couple are dangling

And half of the buggers are missing

No-one said a word that I hadn't heard

My hearing was sharp way back then

Now my ears grow hair as I vacantly stare

Eh?  Could you say that again?

You could stay close or take flight, and still be in my sight

My vision was as good as it gets

Then my blue eyes turned grey, clarity went away

I can just about see silhouettes

I strode at great speed whenever the need

Boy, could I move quick

Today I barely crawl, hardly moving at all

And only with my walking stick

My skin was once tight, a crisp, fleshy white

Showed off my physique perfectly

It's gone saggy and loose after years of abuse

Yes, it's tired and wrinkly, like me

I'm becoming slow.. well I'm old, y'know

My brain cells are slowly decaying

The memory's shot, I've lost what I'd got

Now, what was it that I was saying?