I jumped the
age barrier,
“I did it”
I thought,
but my trailing
foot was caught.
I could see years
behind me, even
more up front, in fact
years lined up
from naught.
’Twas a terrible sight,
so many years gone,
Made me really
wonder, what
I’d actually
done?
LadyP©2013
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” was a question I hated as a child… I didn’t know then (I would stare at the questioner, hard…) and I don’t know now… I’ve not grown up you understand, in fact never will this girl be grown up… a virtual Peta Pen … “Second star to the right, and straight on ’till morning.” … I refuse to age, I will put my foot down ‘n if I must be carried along by the years I’ll be kicking ‘n screaming ‘til I’m heard and taken notice of… NO more ageing, ‘tis the height of being ageist and I won’t stand for it… This year by year of being labelled, asked ‘your age please’ on forms, by anyone of a grown up nature. Surely you don’t need to ask, I’m so many years YOUNG for goodness sake… and I shall die young… That’s my story and I’m sticking to it… So there!!
Lady P (aka Pen) xx
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I am so with you there on this one Pen! I hate stupid agist questions! I am as old as my gums and a little older than my teeth! 😉 xxxx
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Yup, Willow, ’tis such a good way of looking at things… 🙂 … xx
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😉
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I agree with you as well, Pen. I’m a certain number of years along in this lifetime, but certainly DO NOT feel as ‘old’ as that number is. Even babies are classed as one year old… one month old… one of the questions in my recent post was when does new become old? We’re not old, we’re just HERE… we can feel old if we want to, but we don’t have to. I don’t. You don’t. And I’m sure there are plenty of others who don’t! 😀 Great post, Lady P!
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Oh, and Happy April as well! 😉
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been a bit tied up Sir A, sorry for such a late response… 😉
erm… tied up as in not having a chance to open the laptop, not… erm… fetish wise… ‘cos that’d be … hmm… interesting… 🙂
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’tis a lovely response to my sounding off, Sir Aquatom, … I think a lot of people are ageist without even knowing, ’tis something which seems ingrained somehow… biased attitude wise… xxx
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Hallo liebe Pen ich bin auch schon alt aber nicht so alt um jeden spass mitzumachen, man ist ja immer so alt wie man sich fühlt und ich fühle mich jung und frisch wie ein junger Pfirsich am Baum.Ich wünsche dir einen schönen Ostermontag,und eine gute April Woche.Grüße von mir.Gislinde
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no age limit on having fun, Gislinde, I agree… you’re as young as you feel, and I think all of us have days when we feel younger and older than our actual years… 🙂 … hugs to you… xPenx
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Awww nice one Pen , yes I refuse to age , dressed up like a dogs dinner what a strange expression that is. Run free be happy I don’t care what they think I’m staying young in my heart .
Hope April brings us all warmer weather we are hoping so we are.
Lovely poem
Hugs Sheila xx
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Young at heart is a good way to be Sheila… and you’ve got a lovely heart my friend, glad you enjoyed this foray into ageism.. hugs to you and li’l Lucy… xPenx
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My body may age and hurt more as it gets older, but I am 21 at heart and refuse to grow up!!! 🙂
Love and hugs!
Prenin.
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21 is a good age to be Sir Prenin, forever young methinks… luv ‘n hugs… xPenx
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I hear you, Pen. I still don’t know what I want to be and as the years go by and I look back? I know I’ve been. I guess that is the sum of it, right? Good poem.
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that makes two of us then, Leslie, I shall have just ‘been’ too… Makes sense don’t you think?… 🙂 … glad you enjoyed this posting… xx
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LAdy P Age thats just a number.
so dont worry..we all have such moments. Enjoy u hear!!
MJ
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’tis true, Sweeti, and I hear ya, my friend… 🙂 hugs to you and yours… xx
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I’ve been around…well a long time, and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. I’m having fun just the way things are! 🙂
I hated that question too, Pen!
But here’s one you might like. Biscuit or muffin? Your choice, or both with jams of your choice. 🙂
Love and hugs xxx
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that’s the main ingredient methinks, Deb, having fun on the way…otherwise why bother?… Sorry for the late response, but should the offer still stand, I shall join you in a Coffee and Muffin, with Blueberry Jam… (Yummmy 🙂 ) xPenx
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my chickadee Pen I have nominated you for an award. All details on your award ( the first one) at http://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/double-wammee/ hugs willow. xxxxx
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ah Sweet Willow, you’re such a good friend but I find that time is against me in not enabling me to take part, but thank you for thinking of me as a recipient. (I plead at time, but he takes no heed… Every time I beg he picks up speed. 😉 )… Lots of hugs.. xPenx
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Just display the badge then Pen!!;)
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I will be forever young, however each paper that I fill out wants my age. Great post Pen! xx
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Forever young sounds good to me Beth, glad you enjoyed this post my friend. xx
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What jumped out at me were your lines,
“I could see years
behind me, even
more up front, in fact
years lined up
from naught.”
What is it that makes us dwell in the time gone by and that in the front? Is it the regrets of the past and the anxieties of the future? What is it we need to do to cut such attachments and jump into a mindset of living the present?
Shakti
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I think we’re all conditioned to dwell on the past, and the future when taking into account our decisions in this life, Shakti,… the present is shaped by the past, and sometimes I think too much credence is placed on age and how we apply ourselves… Youth is a state of mind methinks.. Many thanks for your contribution to the subject… xPenx
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Beautiful words well spoken from the heart. I find myself asking the same thing when I’m alone and the world so quiet and still. We can only make the most of what we have know. It’s not too late to catch up.
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We can indeed, Traveler, and I agree, it’s never too late methinks…Glad you enjoyed the read of this subject… xPenx
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Just wish we could all be forever young. Lovely poem Lady P x
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me too, Lady Jude. amen to that wish… Glad you enjoyed the poem.. xx
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That’s the big question isn’t it, did I waste my life or lived to the fullest
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’tis indeed Poetic Soul, one of the biggest questions in this life… xx
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I has so much NAUGHT in my body with after one after one years after work well for most of time.
Thank you Pen!
Michiko
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I bet you zoom round that golf course, Michiko San, … 🙂 … my thanks to you my friend, for your contribution to the subject.. xPenx
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Absolutely! And anyways you’re only as old as you feel right? I also have no idea what I am doing with my life. Well I thought I did but now I have been idle I am worried I have picked the wrong field… I guess time anf experience will only tell! Great poem Pen! Inspired lots of thinking 🙂
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Yup indeed, Andini, think young, be young and keep your attitude young, and who knows?… mayhap it’s the panacea for all that ails us… I hope your doubts fade away my young friend, and certainties take their place…Hugs to you … xPenx
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Pen, I am only as young as I feel, and Im an eternal being who is ageless 🙂 Enjoyed your poem and keep flying! Pen the Pan..
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I will Sue, I shall stay ‘flying’ fit… 🙂 … ’tis a mind-set methinks, which could be a great mantra… Glad you enjoyed the read of this Peta Pen… xxx
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Age? it’s all in the mind Pen, you’re as young as you think you are, and I’m younger than she is, so who am I to argue!!
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’tis indeed methinks as well, Arlene, we’re all young inside, our mind-set should be programmed ‘forever young’ … xx
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Sorry I haven’t been around for a while, so much to do and so little time, and hibernation makes you so lethargic.
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’tis a desperate time with Winter trying to keep it’s grip on us Arlene, saw the sun today… and Wow!! … made such a difference, no wonder they talk about ‘SAD’ and the lack of the uplifting effect of Serotonin from the Suns Rays, mayhap an investment in a Sunlamp with UV filters would be an idea… 🙂 xx
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Liebe Freundin danke für deinen lieben Besuch ich wünsche dir einen schönen Tag und ein schönes glückliches sonniges weekend.Grüße lieb Gislinde
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Always a pleasure to see you, Gislinde. and no thanks necessary, as I always enjoy my visits to your site… hugs my friend. xPenx
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