The familiar dull molar throb from the dentistry long ago that failed to make teeth feel like new.
The unhurried dawdle of the driver in front of you on a single lane.
The automatic assistant who repeats the phrase 'I'm fine. And how are you?'
The realisation that the vivid re-encounters of the past are simply memories.
The replacing of the energizing effect of alcohol with the drowsiness of a deep sleep.
The failure to master that perfect Mac 'n Cheese dish.
The hair that consistently grows in the wrong places.
The sentence of life-long medication.
The loss of friends who no longer call.
The loss of vibrant youthfulness.
Wrinkles, creases and the body's passage of time.
Moments in the past that are still real in the mind.
Things that are said that have been said before.
The jaded familiarity that joy begins to feel.
'I Told You So' moments that could have been avoided by telling.
Balancing – the Yin and Yang.
Deteriorating eyesight.
Gaze from the GZ out toward the ocean.
The warm current and living body of sea.
Restless and defiant, rolling back in on itself,
wave after wave reaching the same result.
The strength of the swell capped with a peacock froth,
and supported by the deep deep azure of the big blue.
No matter what rocks or shapes of the waters edge
They recharge the soul and follow through.