HELLO
Coral Gathman Cook
Hello!
My name is Coral
I don't swim the reef
In the depth of the sea
Yet I fancy myself to be
As beautiful as the Coral there
Not deadly as a Coral Snake
I Dwell on Land
Not beneath the surface
Of the Coral Sea
I am a Christian
A Deaf One
Newly embarked upon my Journey
Into my Graceful Golden Years
I always asserted
I would never grow old gracefully
Merely assumed
I would stay graceful
While refusing to age
But Time has a Way
Of changing The Mind
As it sneaks up
And SUDDENLY
ONE is OLD
Never again to return
To their STOLEN YOUTH
Coral Gathman Cook
Hello!
My name is Coral
I don't swim the reef
In the depth of the sea
Yet I fancy myself to be
As beautiful as the Coral there
Not deadly as a Coral Snake
I Dwell on Land
Not beneath the surface
Of the Coral Sea
I am a Christian
A Deaf One
Newly embarked upon my Journey
Into my Graceful Golden Years
I always asserted
I would never grow old gracefully
Merely assumed
I would stay graceful
While refusing to age
But Time has a Way
Of changing The Mind
As it sneaks up
And SUDDENLY
ONE is OLD
Never again to return
To their STOLEN YOUTH