Pain of Aging: a Poem

We sing through the pain

As we walk in life's rain.

The pain is so old,

Through our bones;

now grown cold.

The ancients are gone;

But now we are one.

So bring on the rain,

We've not waited in vain.

Our rainbow reward,

reflects life fully lived;

As we travel on...

around the next bend.

This one seems to be constantly evolving. The imagery came to me sort of "all at once," and then I found pictures to match.

Every time I re-read it, though, a new idea or tweak seems to come to mind. So, it was first written in about 2013, but has been edited and added to numerous times since. It remains a 'work in progress.'

1. Walking in the Rain by Paul Sawyier, c. 1910. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
2. Robert & Mihaela Vicol; All the photos from Dead Animal Bones found in Woods gallery are free for personal or business use. They are in public domain
3. Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park ; National Park Service Photo
4. and 5. Pixabay