Perhaps I'm inured to it
Seasoned
A little bit too familiar
The old ones keep dying
Been through it before
Sadly
Knowing what to expect
The comments about long life
The brave remarks about the death
The requisite love and adoration
The war stories of caring for the old and frail
But past the cynicism
Underneath
Not too far below the surface
Exists a sense of wistfulness
Of longing to go back
To when the old ones were in their prime
When they buffered us
The next generation
When their homespun faces dotted holiday dinners
The young ones assured of no change
Certain of continuity and always
Only a single old one still lives
For her
At 97 continuity disconnects and always becomes never
Time scampers quickly
Exhibiting an agility no one can stop
We younger ones step up
Reluctantly dotting funeral tables
with our taut faces
As we shield the next ones
Taking our turn
Walking involuntarily toward null and void
©kcasady2014
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