Aging is an annoying house guest
Who is forever engaged in a quest
He visits without prior behest
And stays put beside you in your arm rest
He has a way of getting your address
Even if you move places so he can’t keep abreast
An inevitable visitor who seeks to divest
All youthful zest even if you do protest
He arrives with a large travel chest
Filled with lots of odious screen tests
Doing his darned best to keep you under house arrest.
By the time he leaves, there’s nothing left but eternal rest.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
The Daily Post Prompt inevitable.
a cooking pot and twisted tales 
Aging? It’s all in the mind. Some people are child like into their nineties, don’t you think? You are right about the screen tests. Doctors order them for a reason!
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As child like as appearances may seem in old age, it still catches up with us and takes us away eventually.
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You certainly captured the inevitability of aging Jacquie. Excellent response and a great title 🙂
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My thanks Colette. It’s not a guest that is ever welcome, though inevitable 🙂
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Yes, one that persues us all 🙂
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That’s really good…and I love the picture. ❤️
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Thank you Van 🙂
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Powerful and true!
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Thanks Michelle 🙂
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Very clever Jacqui, and very true too!
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Thank you Judy. I enjoyed your video. You are easing into it very nicely 🙂
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Brilliant, Jacqueline. Sad, but so true. I especially appreciate the image today. I’m going to do a sea salt scrub now ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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Now that sounds divinely relaxing. I hope it went well 🙂
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Wonderful and so very true. Blessings to you today, may you feel your heart filled with love.
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Amen. Yours too. Have a good weekend 🙂
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Awesome, I love the way you personified aging… it’s inevitable
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No running away from it.
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Love this poem and the visual imagery
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Thank you Kay 🙂
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LOL I hate uninvited guests.
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Me too. I wish I could boot him out 😉
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Powerful and true! One day the guest catches up with the house owner!.
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And even ousts them! 🙂
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:D. Yes indeed.
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No hiding place for the owner of the house.
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So true and really gives you something to think about 😉
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It really does make us think.
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once in a while i bemoan my aches/pains and my dad says well after 80 blah blah, and i am like ok well some of this i have since twenties…..I still think i am a kid, and i will play and that is that! ouch i overdid again, oh well ha ha old age is what it is, a badge cuz not everyone gets there, best wishes everyone!
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A badge well earned indeed. Not everyone is opportune to get there.
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Oh, boy, isn’t that the truth?
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The cold truth.
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This is so powerful. I think to some degree we all try to run away from aging but it always catches up, doesn’t it? You’re such a brilliant writer. Xoxo
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We would all run and hide if we could Gail, unfortunately, we can’t. Thank you my dear 🙂
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Damn you’re right! 🙂 Well, we’re all going through the same thing, I guess.
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We all are. No exceptions to the rule. Thank you Belinda 🙂
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Strong words, well done.
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Thank you my lady Violet 🙂
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Jaqueline this is a wonderful and creative presentation of the Daily Word prompt.
I think old age (I’m glad you made this unwanted visitor a he!) leaves behind him either eternal rest, or eternal turmoil – depending upon where our spirit beings will spend eternity. Thank you for this lovely post. I love the wonderful image that you’ve used too!
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He, he! The menfolk won’t like it, but think of it, if man is in the image of God, it follows that the alter/death should also be masculine 😉
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This was a fun poem to read…lord knows aging is the cousin to the Grim Reaper!
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A very clever stream of rhyme!
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