The Thunderstorm of Aging
A poet’s reflection on growing older

Growing decades-old is a strange thing — it feels good in waves like a thunderstorm’s preamble.
Emotions seep out of our bone marrow — tentative sprinkles to torrential downpours.
Sharing stories is our life purpose, poet’s dream.
Sandy beach’s offering: tumultuous stormy sea postscript —
sunkissed granules of warming reassurances cradle our tense bodies while ocean waves kiss our feet, lap our legs, our bodies our immeasurable lives lived.
We survive as one microcosm — separate together.
Our brain waves cascade, collide soothe, subside
immersed in the great learning cosmic experience milky way galaxy moony night.
If life is but a dream, what happens when
we awaken?
Aimée Gramblin has a poet’s heart and mind. Even her essays contain poetry. It truly is part of her bone marrow. Read more of her work here.





