Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Ageing - Handle with Care

We all get older – that’s plain fact

Humanity cannot look back

So, I ask what I can do

With quality of life in view.

 

Is it guaranteed, I muse

That we our energy will lose

With brittle bones our certain fate?

Surely, we can mitigate …

 

The ageing process if we try;

Take exercise to keep us spry

Challenge brain cells, concentrate;

Sudoku puzzles titillate

 

Try speaking in another tongue

Or getting daily crossword done …

Allow yourself more time to sleep;

An early night just once a week

 

Will make our self-care programme strong

Before we join the morning throng.

Whatever we are going through

Our diet should be balanced too.

 

 Little habits, no quick fix

Though adverts offer clever tricks

And promise anti-ageing cures …

Be wise! We cannot turn back years!

 

But hopeful seniors still invest

Assessing claims – which pill is best?

Though side-effects can be concealed

And harmful outcomes not revealed…

 

Make healthy ageing not so rare

We owe our bodies daily care!

Reflect upon your lifestyle choice

And act upon your inner voice.


(c) Poet in the woods 2025




Inspiration - a video on Eric Topol's book " Super Agers"  - an evidence-based Approach to Longevity - published in May 2025.

See also my poem  "Thoughts on Longevity"... 
https://poetinthewoods.blogspot.com/2020/04/thoughts-on-longevity.html

1 comment:

  1. As I sit here with a ghastly, painful back that's preventing me from doing the things I love, I find this poem so very good. Inner voice is so wise. Too often I keep myself too busy to listen to it. Alas.
    I really like this poem.

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