I do note that I am

getting older, signalled

in the mirror that speaks

back to me in not so

complementary ways.

 

Yet I still give the finger

to the mirror and say back

that this old soul is not

so old in heart and mind,

with dreams and desires

of a younger man who

also looked in the mirror

and saw the approving

smile that came back.

 

30/8/2020