Challenge
Rhyming Poetry of exactly 99 words.
Fiction or non fiction; poetry or prosetry, gravity or jest. As per usual, anything goes. Have at it!
What you get
A woman of a certain age
more memories
than dreams
more what you see
is what you get
than how the young oft seems;
more tears for what no longer is
than what has yet
to be
knowing one life
is what you get
before the end you see;
more laughs and smiles and joie de vivre
risks and chances
seized
more letting go
is what you get
more anxieties eased;
more moments lived to the fullest
more gratefulness
expressed
more acceptance
is what you get
a feeling one is blessed;
Don't bemoan the end:
Rejoice because you've been.
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