FIRST SIGNS OF AGEING

She looked in the mirror

Then she started to cry

She had seen her first grey hair

And she thought she'd dye

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE - ACUPUNCTURE

 

When you finish the treatment

You feel like number one

I would certainly recommend it

Acupuncture is a jab well done

CITY OF ANGELS

 

The smog sits over Los Angeles

On another California day

But when the smog finally lifts

U.C.L.A.

A SEISMIC SHIFT

 

An eminent professor thought

Her earthquake theory was sound

But soon found her knowledge

Was on very shaky ground

WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS

 

With marriage she got a mixture

Of happiness and stress

A husband and a companion

And a new name and a dress

SOLITUDE IS NOT A NEGATIVE

 

Solitude is not a negative

That’s something I’ve always known

And for the sake of your sanity

Escape the combat zone

And once in a while

Spend some time alone

AT LONG DISTANT HILLS

 

In my youth I looked fearlessly

At long distant hills

Squinting to bring them into focus

With a feeling of contempt

But old age has quickly delivered me

To those once distant hills

As now I stand before them

And I am fearful

Feeling contempt for myself

For not embracing every step

Along that short journey

But its only idle reflection

And regret is useless

For the hills are no longer distant

And now the race is almost run