Them

I want to be them

Either one

Doesn't matter which

Just beginning

Starting out

New in life

Flying free

Going about the business of being young 

I want to be them

Seeking a first job

Settling into a first apartment

Cozy and small

Full of used furniture of my choosing

I want to be them

Falling in love for the first time

Bedding a beautiful young man

Firm and strong

Planning a sweet future together

I am told to expect new joys

Weddings and grandchildren 

Becoming the matriarch of a grand family

But I have come of the age where my friends are dying of cancer

And my husband doesn't remember what day it is

And I tell my children that one day I shall never leave my house

That I shall be an eccentric old lady who writes silly verses

And my daughter says but mom you will write poems about my children

And my son says mom when will you write a story about me

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