Tag Archives: #aging-and-wisdom

Am I obliged to offer 
Advice or brilliant
Perspectives, because
I have lived longer?
Am I presumed to be
Wiser or more full 
Of the beans of my
Expertise, the pearls
Of insight? I know
No more than you, do
I? I think not. It
Is only time that is
Unwinding my thoughts,
The tangle of ideas
That I could ignore
In my youth and must
Now respect unraveling 
Like a landline's cord.
It feels like knowing
About landlines, that 
Having used one many
Years ago, for many 
Years, makes me the
Wiser one, one who 
Truly knows more than
You, or you or you.