“Time it was and what a time it was” is the first line of the Simon and Garfunkel song, Bookends, from way back. This poem is another response from me to the subject of “change”. It was also written very close to St Valentine’s Day and could be considered a love poem for seniors!
TIME WAS
I look in the mirror
And what do I see
Where is the girl
That used to be me?
I see hair that’s grey
Where once it was brown
There are lines on my face
And my lips are turned down.
The waist that once was
Is no longer slim
It has thickened and coursened
Without days at the gym.
The friends that I had
Where have they gone?
They’ve all moved away
And left me alone.
The love of my youth
The passionate lover
We could pass on the street
And not know one another.
But the one that I married
We’re still together
Through good times and bad
Fair and foul weather.
We’ve had ups and downs
Since I was a bride
I’ve faced it all gladly
With him by my side.
So what if my hair
Is no longer brown?
Who cares if my mouth
Sometimes turns down?
The love in his eyes
Tells me everything’s fine
Some things never change
With the passing of time.
© Andrea Neidle, My Life in Poems