THE JOY OF GROWING OLDER BY CHRISTIAN ODINAKA
The fluttering wings, of the joy of growing older, spread year to year . At ten, Still of panicking, From enormous unsuccessful, gray and tied time. At twenty, A sudden storm, of happiness stormed, the future -yet felt giddy. The memories of death, and of failures' faith; Landed on the brimstone, Nothing to show the world. The joy of going to war romances the mind, for their inner satisfaction . At fourty, a sudden leap, the panicking, When the world, Expect it from you. For this sudden leap; no one saw nor erase the expulsion. The joy of growing older, dwindles from zenith to sea, gone are the days of dynamo, Though not all day of expectation, made of a stand . Son of the salt Christionodinaka@gmail.com