Woke up this morning, with some more new pains <br />Getting old really sucks; I hurt when it rains. <br />You won’t hear me say, “Wow, THAT pain is gone! ” <br />But always just, “Hey, why does THAT now hurt? ” <br /> <br />I go off to bed hugging the heating pad, <br />Then hobble up the stairs and fall into bed, <br />Can’t lay on my side, can’t lay on my back, <br />Can’t get straight up right out of the sack. <br /> <br />Not eight straight hours in over ten years, <br />What with having to pee and pain in my head <br />And no rest in my dreams, always bending down, <br />Always running and jumping and smelling the flowers.<br /><br />Sandra Osborne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/44-year-old-wake-up/
