A poem
the pen
an extension of self
words a mirror
reflecting the depths
youth was passion
raw and unbridled
pouring earnestness
upon the page
adolescence a deluge
of emotion visceral
naked vulnerability
staining the lines
adulthood a pondering
of what lies beneath
seeking complexity
between the stanzas
Middle-age an expedition
into the layered self
peeling back persona
to reveal marrow
the twilight years
a meditative embrace
distilling lifetimes
into clarion verse
as the journey unveils
ink becomes lifeblood
each carefully crafted
word a reverberating echo
until the final line
met with a contented sigh
anticipating the next
poet’s laurels to inherit
