Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Aging in the Darkness of Night. I awake in the center of the darkness of night-- Pondering on the tragedy of growing old and separate, juxtaposed With my continual joy to be able to contemplate new accomplishments. As I die and be no more, which will be in the majority of my thought? Does it actually really matter in any way? It ultimately, in a living being, who has only one 'advantage', And that is the ability to contemplate the past, the present, and the future, So, it comes down to the illusions in that aging and slowly dying mind. Frank Maurer 1 March 2024 0510 Hours.