So Now It’s This
I think it was just today
When first I came to know
I’m not made of steel
And even if I was
I would still rust away
Because the doctor called
And it wasn’t what I thought it was
But she’s not sure what it is
And maybe it doesn’t matter much
It’s always going to be something
From here on out until the finale
I liked the first five or six decades
Much better than this leaking away
Toward an ordinary and inevitable end
That while yet young I never fathomed
Applied to me in any way at all
One day I was not only going to live
But probably forever still being strong
Now my step is not so sure
My grip no more like a vise
I can’t breathe enough to run
And I’d just fall down anyway
Gone is the good I gulped too fast
The rest is just dry and bitter dregs
