My Thousand Lives comical poem 626 by Angela Lansbury

Pill and water glass. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

 I am a person who has lived a thousand lives

I've learned a thousand new facts

Ignored a thousand old lies

I'm like a thousand white clouds floating past blue skies

I am not the person who I saw yesterday

In mirrors and in photographs

That stranger's fading far away

I'm someone else, changing today

I've seen warm sunshine and felt cool, refreshing rain

I've felt exquisite pleasure and excruciating pain

Some things keep repeating, others never seen again

But always something new, so I don't complain

Not healthy and strong like when I was young

Yet not so ill as others, the worst case in a distant place

Not allergic to everyone, My time has not yet come

There's still some fun, so much more to be done

I've paid a lot of bills but they keep sending me more bills

I've taken lots of pills and if I must I'll take more pills

And as circumstances change I must rewrite my will

I've not yet had enough, 'though I've had my fill

I've grown taller, but got smaller

I've grown fat and I've grown thin

I've flown half way round the world

Today I've chosen to stay in

I've eaten a lot of new food

I have paid a lot of cooks

I have read a lot of books

And I've written lots of books

I was younger, now I'm older

I was warmer, now I'm colder

I was scared but now I'm bolder

Full of passion, now just smoulder

I am smiling, but tomorrow

I may be full of sorrow

You won't find the same person

If you wait until tomorrow

Every day is something new

Each week, seven days to gain

The mystery of it all

Is too hard to explain

My childhood is far behind

But the sun is in the sky

And the light's a delight so

I won't waste time wondering why

In some ways I'm better

In some ways I am worse

I will always be a small blessing

Facing life's big evolving curve and curse

I am sending you this message

Not snappily but happily to say

Please meet me and greet me

To learn how I'm unique, today.

-ends-

Copyright Angela Lansbury. 2025. July 25th.

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40+ comments · 4 years ago

"A man cannot step into the same river twice, because it is not the same river, and he is not same man." -Heraclitus. Quote.

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