Enjoy Your Joy

What do you do when you're getting old,
When your blood is thin and your butt is cold?
What do you do when your left leg aches,
When you scratch an itch and a fingernail breaks ?
What do you do when your memory,
Is as slow as treacle but thin like tea?
What do you do when your new “trick” knee,
Turns “proud and elegant” to wobbly?
What do you do when your mellow voice,
Becomes a scratchy, wheezing noise?
The indignities of senior life,
The signs of wear and aging strife,
Cannot delete, cannot deprive,
Your joy because you’re still alive!

Mick McKellar
February 2024