It always amazes me that
everyone around me seems to age
while I know that I have not
and that it is the mirror’s lies
that try and make me think I have.
True, my body cannot do much
of what it once could but that
I know is less a factor of age
and more one of over use,
for even the best of things
will wear out eventually, that
is what they mean in contracts
by normal wear and tear excepted.
So please continue to age and I
will feel remorse for your state
locked in my certain stasis (so long
as I avoid all shiny objects).