Same Old News Poem by Carolyn Brunelle

Same old news, day after day
But he doesn’t care much anyway.
Life in his own little world has
Challenges aplenty
That continue to swirl around him.

Right now it’s off to the store for more supplies
If he can find his glasses, his keys, his list. He
Wonders how much longer he can keep doing this;
Tries not to think too much of sorrowful goodbyes.

Old house sure is in need of some repair
But climbing ladders is too much of a scare.
Yard’s a mess and needs a good mowing but
Like the grass, his weariness is steadily growing.

He never ventures off too far or too fast;
Secretly worries if his mind will last.
It gets harder and harder by the decade;
And the fears get stronger too...
Fear of dying, fear of living too long