Mistake Poem by Edwina Reizer

He exercised, ran for miles
to make his body strong.
But his mind he never exercised.
It just drifted along.
He let it take a back seat.
Soon he forgot how to think.
And as he aged his body tired.
His spirit started to sink.
He got a book, tried to read,
finally put it down.
Couldn’t understand what the words said.
Looked in the mirror with a frown.
For what he saw was an old man
with a brain that had gone to sleep.
He knew too late that a body strong
was not something he could keep.