Initiate

Initiate

by dan ankers

When I was a boy

I was strong

all day long

I had a fever

which began upon waking

I was a champion of belief

without grief

or mistaking

Too bad

I didn’t have

the facts

back then

Now I’m a man

and I stand

with a whimper

My head is often sore

for no reason

My knees usually ache

cause of the season

And the world is my oyster

but motivation

is lacking

It all makes me laugh sometimes

as my joints begin cracking