TheFeatheredSleep – Hardened with age?
Why
don’t older people
express their despair
as much as young?
Do we numb ourselves so much?
Shame? A mask we don
to pretend we’re well
when everyone knows
ageing doesn’t bring respite
from demons.
It is the singular reason
aside chubby cheeks
I wish to be
16 again
for all the friends
who unknowing of pains
to come
had the tenderness
of a hundred, 40-year-olds
who have seen
and are
gone
into their
steel eyes.
It interests me to recall how much time a young person will give someone who is upset. There’s visible difference between what a young person will say and do, versus an older one, that I think has nothing to do with becoming more mature. Older people have little tolerance for depression. You would think, based on this, older people suffer it less, though we know this isn’t true. Is it to do with hope?…
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