Ecclesiastes 11:10 So then, banish anxiety from your heart
and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you will say,
“I find no pleasure in them”—

Memory makes skin smooth again
Firms abdomen
Turns salt and pepper to jet black shiny hair
The solidness of him, the muscular strength and keen-eye piercing look of him
The ready smile when motion was easy.
No pain of hinge or heart yet crippled him,
His stride was long and rapid,
Tall and lean.
Could climb a yard pole just with hand and foot
To change the light bulb, and come, safe, laughing down.
If now i ran (could run) to you and jumped
Could you still catch me in your arms?
-HJ