Author: michaeljordahl

Retired Miner, loves science, reading, carving, walking, recovering alcoholic

Quote on Growing Old

I took a long drive in the country yesterday to think about things. You see, I’ve always been a hearty guy, but lately I’ve been a little unnerved by the steady deterioration of my faculties and general health. Am I that same guy?

Deep in thought about it, I turned a corner, and there it was–an old barn in the middle of nowhere. I felt an immediate affinity with it, in that it was old and somewhat broken down like me. It was then that I realized that the kind of beauty it has can only be found in the old and rustic. Maybe I could live with the new old me. There’s an old anonymous quote that seems fitting here:

“Sometimes

You find yourself

In the middle of nowhere;

Sometimes

In the middle of nowhere

You find yourself.”

–Photo by me

witch

she sits at her table

in soft candlelight,

peers into her crystal

and scries,

her chalice and athame

gleam in the night–

she is young

but incredibly wise.

she casts not a spell

as to harm anyone,

but petitions that

justice be done:

to hurt someone else

is to hurt herself–

she understands

we are as one.