I will not be oldened by your withering looks <br />Made to feel out-of-date or out-of-style <br />Out-of-sync with fashion trends <br />The trappings of being <br />Voguishly a la mode. <br /> <br />I have seen. <br />I have lived. <br />I have known. <br />Things you'll never understand. <br /> <br />I wear the wrinkles of my brow <br />Proudly <br />With every hair lost, every tear dropped <br />I've gained <br />An insight <br /> <br />Another notch of wisdom. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in Twins, Issue 12,2001)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/old-codger-2/
