Not Yet

A  L  O  H  A !

"How beautifully leaves grow old.

How full of light

and color 

are their last days.  "

George Burns

" I honestly think it is better

to be a failure at something you love 

than to be a success 

at something you hate.  "

George Burns

 

" If you ask

what is the single most important

key to longevity,

I would have to say 

it is avoiding worry, 

stress and tension. 

And if you didn't ask me,

I'd still have to say it.  "

George Burns

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My dear it's only lately

 I've realized that we two

too soon grow old

together

and  poignancies

accrue.

Not so much for myself,

I readied that long ago,

and many women must learn

to live with ungovernable

foe.

But you my king,

my weather, my boy

indestructible 

for so long;

To witness your ripening

an entirely new hell-

oh that I could buy

another 20 years by some spell

at your zenith

no matter the cost,

or what it meaneth.

So promise me you'll linger

in the days of your demi-god 

flower.

Wait for me

together we'll go down

but later,

to that bower.

Not yet.

Not yet.

Please will our afternoon gold

to linger;

It took so long

to find this perfect

place.

Please kind lord

let me linger

to gaze upon this

face.

Thank You for the gift of your visit

your comments are appreciated

                                                                             WARMLY, cloudia