<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Somewhere</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">There is an art to Elderhood</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">It is time to ask the</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">IMPORTANT question:</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Where do I spread all of these seeds</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">I have collected?</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">I thought it disloyal at first</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">To the holy worship of youth</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">But hiding the baubles of delight</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Has become impossible.</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">The splashy bangles</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Around my bones keep jangling</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">sounding like hooray hooray!</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Or I admit sometimes ouch ouch!</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Which is simply</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">An invitation</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">To slow the hell down</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Who knew walking</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">s-l-o-w-l-y</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Could be considered graceful</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Or even seductive? </span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">I lean towards the latter. </span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">And I will carry no ordinary cane</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Already a hand carved</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Walking-stick inlaid with</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Chakra colored stones waits kindly</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Against the far wall. </span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">One day I may use it </span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">As my planting stick </span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">Or perhaps an encouragement </span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">To stand taller </span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">To better see where</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">I am to scatter</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">All of the seed-blessing</span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="">That are filling my pockets. </span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class=""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Kristy Hellum</span></div></body></html>