Our Ship has Sailed
Our Ship has sailed; a quiet dock remains That tangled web of passion will be no more, with its breathless haste and urgency never to return again The siren who…
Category: On Aging
Some Interesting Things Occur based on The Aging Process
Some Interesting Things Occur based on The Aging Process Your voice is just as loud as it ever was, but you find that fewer people are listening. Because our priorities…
Old age isn’t a penance or a punishment
Old age isn’t a penance or a punishment It isn’t an end, it’s a beginning. It’s a mortal readjustment. It is a reward for powering through the abyss of youth…
I remember when
I remember when: We always wore a skirt, a hat, and a suit and tie to church; our best clothes out of respect for the Lord We would brave all…
Closing Up Shop – Deluxe Edition
Closing Up Shop At 10 pm on Halloween night, we switch off the spooky sounds, turn off porch lights, pack up the remaining apples, nuts and candy, and ‘call it…
A Ten Year Snapshot of Your Life
A Ten Year Snapshot of Your Life . . . and the clergyman stood in his pulpit and asked, “how will you spend the last ten years of your life?” …
Your Earthly Signature
Your Earthly Signature By David Johnson When your final bell has tolled Most mourners have dispersed And loved ones start to speak of you In tones still somber, but laced…
I’ll Be There
I’ll Be There by David Johnson Death, to me, is not an end It’s but one step of my journey You think I’m gone, but I’ll press on And be…
A Ten Year Snapshot of Your Life
A Ten Year Snapshot of Your Life by David Johnson . . . and the clergyman stood in his pulpit looking out at his flock and asked, “how will you…
The Path to Aging
The Path To Aging by David Johnson Join me on the path to aging It’s not lonely, so many travel it now Listen, as the roar of our youth subsides…