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Graying feels like a raging epidemic with no cure, Feeling like the only thing in life that is so sure. Why when someone is experienced, color drains from the complexion? Aging should make the human race more decorative. Every year a colorful medal. The nursing homes would be the most beautiful of all. The memories they have, another color to show. Showing them off to their peers like a brand-new car. Proud to sit in a wheelchair because the medals received are too heavy. Using a walker is the next best thing with just a little less to carry. When they can’t recall names that used to flow like old nursery rhymes. They look down at their shirts, to remember people from their lifetime. Paying tribute to life’s achievements in colors. Not just achievements though, good memories too. Pink for a first kiss Glass for falling in love Red for an argument Green for a place visited The more they have doesn’t mean the more important, May...
