
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Phil Colburn is a widow, ninety-nine years old. She writes poetry to keep her mind clear, penning a poem each month for her church newsletter.]
I talk to me a lot these days
about the things I do.
I find that I quite often need
a serious talking-to.
"Get those shoulders back" I say to me,
as I start down the hall.
I get them back and start my trek;
and hope I will not fall.
I say to me, when I awake,
and the pain is really bad,
"Remember many have more pain
than I have ever had."
It really is annoying
not understanding what they say
and I wonder if I answered
in some stupid way.
Then I tell me to remember
stupid answers are not new.
Sometimes when I still heard well,
I make stupid answers too.
I need a reading glass these days
and so I say to me,
"Be very thankful I can read
Many cannot even see."
I tell me I should exercise
though I'd rather sit and read
but if I want to keep my strength
what I tell me must heed.
I can still walk and see and hear
though not as it used to be.
I find it really helps a lot
the times I talk to me.
This was written by Phil Colburn.
What she says is true and sometimes we all forget things like this and others just turn and ignore it.
Think about it!