Favorite actors, aging

Inspired by the YouTube’s videos I watch the aging actors’ faces Part of my youth, of there and then The ruthless time erases traces To waypoint stops, us younger when So pensive, humbling and revealing The glory past and fame archived Age catches up, ain’t no concealing And none of it can be revived Those shows - naïve, addicting, funny Or maybe serious and sad The days one hasn’t had much money Yet better-looking, girl or lad Time has no mercy, twisting faces And gruesome copies all is left It slowly goes through the paces Keeps us uneasy and bereft Why do the actors age so oddly? Me? I’m the same as ever been To perish thought, dismissing broadly The glaring truth, which isn’t sin We gaze, but what’s the image here? Not them. It’s us, the way we were If you’re a woman – shed a tear If you’re a man – go feel a stir November 2, 2024