Old Age Sedoka
My name is Jamie Lee Hamann and I started sharing poetry articles back in 2013. Every year I share a poem a day in April.
Old Age Sedoka
Old enough to care
yet wrinkled enough to not
stands in torn outlandish cloths
starts scratching himself
staring out over his home
not yet parched in his old skin.
Old woman sits down
while young woman folds laundry
wonders about path through life
will she ever leave
her adolescent daughter
her love holds her heart in check.
A boy kicks a rock
not too far from his mother
working in a humid heat
wants to chase sister
who moved to old woman's lap
so the boy kicks another.
Baby makes him a crib
young woman puts down laundry
Grandma holds her back up straight
boy stands still near trail
as young woman turns to leave
to feed and hold her baby.
© 2022 Jamie Lee Hamann