POETRY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: "AGING AND THE REST OF US" BY CHAS IDEHO

Aging respects no one

sooner or later, you'll be it's next victim

someday, that glowing skin, 

those robust facial features, 

The regal smiles, 

The sexy eyes/expression (in women)

Shall all give way to wrinkles. 

And no amount of makeovers can hide them

And make you look young all over again.

So, pay more attention

To how much humanity can benefit from your life, 

And waste no resources on your body

That shall, inevitably,

Die slowly with aging.

CHAS IDEHO

The poet persona tells the inevitability of getting older and being less attractive than one used to be in young age. He concludes that no matter how man spends on his body, man shall get to the stage of an old and a wrinkled skin or look.