214. 10.16 CENTIMETERS

214.

10.16 CENTIMETERS

I miss the old me, 

the me I used to be
before life wore me down.

I’m four inches shorter now

than I was at thirty-five.
What happened 

to all that tallness?
Where’d those inches go? 

My childhood  

spent growing longer, 

now in old age 

I'm growing shorter.

Worry and problems

have drained me.
I’m tired and sad,

I miss being taller.

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