An Old Man Tries/ To Memorize A Few Lines

AN OLD MAN TRIES/ TO MEMORIZE A FEW LINES

An old man tries,
To memorize a few lines-
His mind is slower than it was.

Inside,
Where the old poems lie-
He writes and rewrites them.

But he knows,
His poems now are not what they were,
And he is not what he was
And the world isn’t either.

Dark days are coming
And with them Darker nights
May we have the strength
To survive them.

poem by Shalom Freedman
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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