Sticks and stones
Can break your bones
And they most surely will.
And then they'll ache
Make no mistake
As you go over the hill.
In many ways
We live our days
Underneath a strain.
And usually find
Ourselves behind
Because of all the pain.
We can tell
When places swell
That we have arthritis.
And all the fears
Of other years
Are coming back to fight us.
