What we don’t talk about

Unpleasant circumstances we don’t want to face

Amongst us uncomfortable conversations do not take place

Discussing a future that includes illness and disability

Not to mention death as an inevitability

Is anxiety-provoking and with uncertainty fraught

Although we make financial plans, we do not

Like to talk about the ailments that are likely to appear

As we grow older, the thought fills us with such fear

That the elephant in the room we never address

Even when plans for future we express

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Your future you can try to map out, consider every eventuality

But the best laid plans can go awry, that’s the reality

So we block out unpleasant thoughts and focus on the moment

We try to enjoy the precarious stability of the present..