For all of us who are not as young as we once were!

Bad Back Almanac

One more proof
of growing old,
another reminder
that youth is sold
to the highest bidder
alas in this case
not experience
for I would not make
the same error twice.
Bend at the legs,
keep the back straight
pulling no muscles
as I pull my weight…

The years mock me
in my agonies
as it appears
that my problems
have travelled
from my knees
to my lower back,
a revenge attack
for all those years
of manual labour,
unwise diet
and ill behaviour,
all part and parcel
of increasing age,
the turning of
a yellowed page
in the well thumbed book
of loss and lack
toward the last few chapters
of the bad back almanac.

LightH2O
You write so well... nice use of metaphor...much enjoyed!

Rani Turton
This bad back almanac is speaking volumes to me as well. Another page in the book of life and learning!

heather wilkins
I would bot make the same error twice. well said.