By Vivian Blackmon Written January 25, 2025

Dedicated to Dr. Jonathan Fisher, My Cardiologist

We wake up one day and realize

Our body is changing before our eyes

Our skin’s getting saggy and our hair’s getting thin

Now that’s when we know that old age has set in

Wheelchairs and walkers become our best friends

And now we get acquainted with pee pads and Depends

The flavors of our childhood have long disappeared

And we decide that our taste buds have been asleep for years

Our joints hurt now, and our backs are all bent

Our get up and go has got up and went

The heart that has served us so long and so well

Is beating much slower and beginning to fail 

We’re now growing hair where it never has been

And seeing deep wrinkles around our eyes and our chin

Our nights seem much longer as we twist, toss and turn

While the trips to the bathroom become our biggest concern

The medical alerts we have, should we fall

Has become our most faithful friend of all

As our memories fade and our eyes grow dim

Our driving days have come to an end

Because our bodies are older and becoming quite frail

The drugs we can tolerate are harder to tell

Thank God for the Doctors on whom we depend

To hold us together ‘til our warranty ends.