Thank you, Anni. Maybe I'm a masochist because I do like making things difficult for myself. I considered rhyming each line as well, but that was a bridge too far. Perhaps next time...
Adages, you say?
Well, I think that’s a bit late -
Add age to me and
I’d overshoot
into something like death,
or even afterlife,
an old man grown older
and shoved to sudden end.
Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 12.15.23
Prompt: Adages.
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