Age

Allegra, Guardian of Energy

Aging is a process
That goes through everyone,
The last curve of the circle
Before death comes and we are gone.
Some finish the circle earlier,
While others finish last,
Trying to gaze into the future,
While watching visions of the past.
The curving line of a strand of time,
The sudden cease in the flow of life,
Pushed on by the unthinkable strength of will,
And stopped abruptly with Death's sharp knife.
Some people fear the coming of age,
Others insist they will stay bold,
Some go when they're young, but yet later on,
Everyone must walk through the years of old.

Copyright 2001 Caitlin Carlson