The Wisdom of Old Age
— Mark N. Jones
The art of letting go
Realizing that people
Evolve or devolve
Into something else
Sometimes for the better
Sometimes for the worse
Each stage
A calcification of
A new paradigm
That will never return
To their original state
In my old age
I have learned
To stop expecting
Much from people
I just seek the beauty
In what is before me
As beauty lights
The way to truth
And great truths
Have always existed
And like me
In my old age
Are too important
To be new