Senescence

Aching muscles, creaking joints, the annoying inability

To stay up past midnight, the easy fatiguability

Those lapses in memory, barely perceptible but still there

The creeping pounds, rising blood pressure, and greying hair

All declaring the march of time incessant

You know your body is growing senescent

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Confidence in your skill-set, and a sense of pride

In your achievements, the ability to take in your stride

Both success and failure, losses and gains

Growing old but you are past all the pains

Of youth- with equanimity challenges you face

Age is on your side, you have carved your own space