which may pass as normal

were he not my dad

the years showing in his face his hairline his midline

sure but I was not prepared for them to execute this ambush

an assault for which no one comes prepared

where are the self-help journals for watching ones predecessors begin to bid adieu

the manual to help aging normalize and life experience manifest as more than

decline

we have got to change the way we enter the stages of our lives

my soul cannot survive the trauma

we are here for more than youth that

fleeting moment between pubescence and fine lines

the world needs us now yet is unable to assimilate the truth into their daily