#firstattempts — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #firstattempts, aggregated by home.social.
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Bad Mornings
I feel the searing sea of sorrow
of a youth lived less than fully,
too rigidly having followed
the perceived constraints of that time
and now staring into the face of the bully
of the inevitable process of ageing;
eyes that frustrate attempts to focus,
fingers that no longer obey the mind,
compounding aches a daily reminder
that you’re no longer
in your prime -
Bad Mornings
I feel the searing sea of sorrow
of a youth lived less than fully,
too rigidly having followed
the perceived constraints of that time
and now staring into the face of the bully
of the inevitable process of ageing;
eyes that frustrate attempts to focus,
fingers that no longer obey the mind,
compounding aches a daily reminder
that you’re no longer
in your prime