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Love in Old Age
Date: 12/24/2015, Categories: Love Poems, Author: Will_greybeard, Rating: 13, Source: LushStories
I pray you, do not trample on my dreams. Though you may only see this outer shell, A frail thing of flesh; this outward reality, Is of no greater substance than the air, Masking the real truth that lies within From the unperceptive gaze of the world, Blinded by the harsh glare of common sense. Outwardly I may be on the dread path That leads to mortal decay and old age, My limbs may now be clothed in sagging flesh, Where in my youth there was beauty of form, Tautly balanced muscles, lithe grace and poise, And though my joints are stiff, and my knees groan In protest each time I rise from my chair, To my inward mind I am still that youth Who rejoiced in unbounded energy, Striding confident into the future, Bold in manly strength and undimmed vigour. My love, though you will one day share my fate, And age will steal the lustre from your hair, Your body prey to the ravages of time, Which process none by will alone can halt, In your soft beauty I will still delight, And in the bright fields of our secret love We will still run and play, ...
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