Aging

 By Robert T. Wood

 Copyright © 2015 by Robert T. Wood

As the years quickly go by

Distressed that her clothes no longer fit

Dresses that bring back memories of our younger years

As she sets them aside I fight back tears

Dresses she wore for so many years

 Still bright and clean as they were back then

 I don’t want to see them go

 Although she’ll never wear them again, I know

 
Our children have since grown and have children of their own

I reminisce her holding our babies in those clothes

In my mind there has been no change

To me she looks the same as four decades ago

 
My beautiful wife moves slower now

Daily aches and pains as we grow old

Doesn’t matter as I move slower too

To me she looks the same as four decades ago