youth

how obsessed we are with youth and being young or looking young or staying young. so much energy goes into preserving ourselves in our prime or at least the pretense of it. this is not to say it's wrong. it's just human. get to about my age and you start noticing that Kansas did get left far behind and we are new territory and then there is the fleeting feeling that we are alone in how we arrived and the same applies to our departure. we shall be leaving alone. a lonely thought. and one that has made many of us shrink in fear and perhaps forms the foundation for many a religion, and other forms of solace. it's ok to have a good sigh or even cry for it and better yet a temporary yet futile refusal to co-operate but ultimately all you are left with... is the game at hand.

you going to play or not?