WHEN YOU FEEL OLD

WHEN YOU FEEL OLD

You could speak to strangers like

you love them. You could carry

someone’s loneliness and discover

you can do it. You could speak

a friend’s name and know it would

be known by the birds in her garden.

You could give the gift of listening

to someone who’s struggling, and you

could struggle, when you have to,

like it’s not a struggle, but a test

you’ve studied for and will ace.