Changes

Every day 

comes with changes 

The mind changes 

The heart changes 

The body changes 

We give it various names 

We call it growing 

We call it living 

We call it learning 

We call it dying 

We stop growing 

when we die 

but we still 

keep changing 

Precious few things are forever 

You change me 

Watching you 

change 

now —

changes me 

We can fear the change 

We can fight it 

but even that 

is change 

We can accept it 

But 

fear it 

fight it 

accept it— 

it still arrives 

every day 

different

Changes.

© Ron Simpson Jr.

September 17, 2026