Poem: "Things That Get Better With Age"
This poem came out of the February 5, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from ellenmillion. It has been selected for general sponsorship via audience poll.
Things That Get Better With Age
* antiques -- what was cheap and trendy
becomes valuable, nostalgic, newly beloved because it is old.
* cheese -- what was bland and smooth
becomes sharp, incisive, honing the razor's edge of flavor.
* scrapbooks -- what was crisp and new
becomes soft, folded into the heart's pages, yellowing into gold.
* wine -- what was simple and sweet
becomes complex, symphonic, sugar transmuted to spirit.
* people -- what was naive and blank
becomes wise, a tablet filled with lines, tale upon tale to be told.