I wish I could start from where we began, <br />To have you comprehend... <br />What makes me 'tick' within. <br />To have you instantly feel what is felt, <br />Without explanation of why a reaction is dealt! <br /> <br />I find myself caring less about intimacy! <br />Especially if it doesn't happen automatically! <br />If the chemistry is not there... <br />I'm not on a hunt to find it! <br />I am not good at interviews. <br />Or pretending something is fresh... <br />When immediately I can see it has been used! <br /> <br />I like meeting new people... <br />That I do! <br />But there is a maturity that comes with age, <br />And I can't pretend I am twenty-two! <br />OR fourty either... <br />So I am told! <br />Usually by someone much older... <br />Waiting for me to exchange the same with glee! <br /> <br />'More Vodka, Please! And on the rocks! ' <br /> <br />There is a comfort in being 'who' one is! <br />But today so many want to be... <br />Thought of as much younger, <br />Desired! <br />With a timelessness like eternity! <br /> <br />I have vitality and spontanety! <br />I just don't like talking about it... <br />Like those who are older, <br />With nothing else to share... <br />But their histories! <br /> <br />'Oldies but goodies? ' <br /> <br />I can see the oldies! <br />But the 'goodies' they've got... <br />I'm not trying to re-live! <br /> <br />'More Vodka, Please! And on the rocks! <br />Leave the bottle here! Bring me two more! <br />This reunion shocks! And these old people bore! <br />I'm seeking someone to share these moments NOW! <br />Not sit and discuss what was done at age Twenty-four! '<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-reunion-shocks/
