Smiling the Smiles
Senior Moments
Smiling the Smiles
Senior Moments
You put a pot of water on the stove
Turned on the burner to parboil half a
Chicken for dinner with some greens
You had time to pot around the yard
Went out to the front yard came back in
Straight down the basement thought you
Been to for the hand twig clipper you need
Looked around forgot what you are there for
Got out of the house with a bamboo leaf rake
And a plastic debris bag for sure you’ll need
Not too long a neighbor struck a conversation
With you her little chihuahua licking your toes
Laughing the laughs and giggling the giggles
You she the chihuahua were having a good time
Gossiping gossips smiling the smiles foot licking
Bending over laughing straight up catching breaths
On and on hardly any yard work done
The sun started sinking the shadows
Got longer there is chill in the air wide eyes
Suddenly you jumped up ran to the kitchen
Speechless the neighbor went about her business
Dumbfounded as she was you stood in the kitchen
Feared the water boiled down the pot had cracked
Shut off the wrong burner brighter than sun heating the air
You begin to laugh little laughs again not surprisingly
Tears down your cheeks smiling the smiles once more
Senior moments how long these would last you wonder
Hands slid down your face you resolved hoping the hope again
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(c)NDRJuly 27, 2018
Photo: ndr Cork Oak tree bark sprouting life
Hang in there. These little signs of the effects of age are alarming and are feared to be the onset of losing one’s mind. I do not know anything about dementia. When I forget something I just forget it, I let go, not worry. And do something else. Pretty soon it comes back to me and I smile-got the keys back, found my wallet, his name is John, etc. Like that life shooting from the seemingly dried tree bark it is not all atrophied inside our heads-there is that thing we all know that springs eternal.
