Why does the idea
Of mortality only strike
The old what about
Age makes one think
That it’s running out
Just think about that
What makes young and
Inexperienced charge at life
While when we’re older
We duck for cover
What is it that
The young have and
That we older lost
What causes ones surrender
You’d think that experience
Would make generals of
Us all plotting scheming
But instead we watch
As the young weaponized
Only with sword and
With verve launch themselves
Into an unforgiving army
Of humanity while the
Rest of us older
Ones reminisce of our
Once head long charges
Why don’t we fight
Like our younger comrades
For what we want
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 