A Wreck Poem by David Paradine

The Wreck of the Hesperus

The Wreck of the Hesperus
Has nothing on me
Cause I'm falling apart
Neck, shoulders and knee

My muscles all ache
I continually wheeze
Things that once worked
Seem now to have seized

My arches have dropped
My back will not bend
My hearing is gone
I feel close to the end

But once I was young
Indestructible you see
Capable and able
Unwilling to concede

But now as I age
Nature seems to prevail
My infirmities increase
My conditions rail

So what do I do
And where do I go
To avoid my fate
upon the Reef of Norman's Woe



DAP