
Friendship

I knew them as mom and dad
Growing old

I have been working in a retirement home for 15 years. When I started there, old age seemed a long way off for me. Not any more.
I have grown old by now. My hair has thinned. It's all white now. My neck is wrinkled and I got a pot belly.
I regularly take medication. It would be difficult for me to manage without it.
I sees the feebleness of the people I care for. I see illnesses that I don´t not want to get. I see people whose minds no longer works.
Now I realize that the rest of my life has already begun.
And I realize that much of what I have believed was wrong.
29.08.2024