Middle Age Charm

All the intriguing people happen to be in their 20s.

It must be the age where everything piques your interest.

Life and all it's entertaining nuances become 

Something so fascinating

Worthy of exploration.

What happens in your 30s?

You just become Meh with life, work, family, every day

Every single thing seems to be done to death?

You become dulled by life's rough edges.

That poke and throb with every critical life decision

Those facets of life you so earnestly wanted to explore 

Have torn you inside out,

Causing you to bleed out 

Discontentment and disdain.

Then, what happens in your 40s?

You just become hopelessly and completely blah.

You are caused to yell out on occasion 

To no one in particular,

"Please, Life enough of this already..."

It becomes hard to even crack a smile.

Then, you pretend that you're so excited to be experiencing "middle age"

Like its some wonderful new chapter in your life, the new age, the welcome age.

Until of course, the mid life crisis sets in and you have to turn to, who else?

Someone in their 20s to reintroduce you to how much fun life can be.

If you just let it be

Is that what this is about? Is this our whole life circle?

Getting to live life over in Middle Age. 

I haven't even begun to discuss what this feels like for women.