Sun Kissed Days

Sun Kissed Days

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Fifty Plus


Rebel,
believer,
dreamer.
Woman,
INVISIBLE.

Your pulse was thunder,
your hands were tender,
your eyes were luminous
like your soul.
Your laughter echoed in dark alleys,
your lips were devoured.
You drank,
you spoke loudly,
you dreamed big.
You lived in the moment,
your skies were vast.
Your journey on broken shards
made you stronger.
Your exterior beauty changed.
Your inner beauty grew
and evolved into something bigger than you.

FIFTY
INVISIBLE?
NOT!
sexism,
youth obsessed culture
denies you entry or importance
but you won’t surrender.

You have settled in your vessel,
you have shed your skin.
You have found serenity
and humor.
Your fire raging,
your spirit elevated.

You bridge the old world with the new.
Wondering how you arrived
to this intersection sooner than you thought,
while you were
living a full life.
Holding,
embracing,
cradling,
everyone you’ve ever loved.



20 comments:

  1. It all made sense to me : )

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  2. There is a distinct level of dignity, poise and grace when one is in their fifties! 💝

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  3. What a magnificent portrait! (Whether she's an individual or an archetype.)

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  4. congratulations! Praise the heavens, that you know what the 50s feels like. amazing grace!

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  5. I was with you every stanza of the way! Great write.

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  6. I love this. We become more of who we were born to be with every decade. I love the transformation from outer to inner beauty - which, I always think, shows on one's face as outer beauty as well anyway.

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  7. So , true we should accept everything with grace

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  8. Oh, great write! I find myself nodding as I read and taking in each and every line.

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  9. 50, and many more to come! So many attributes packed into this.

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  10. Woot! I'm still two years away, but hells yeah, I plan to keep roaring into my 50's and beyond.

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    1. Mine is fifty plus...almost sixty. Hard to believe.

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  11. Wow! This is powerful, beautiful and kick-ass!

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