Commonality of us

** commonality of us **
Commonality of who we are
Best seen in what we are
How we appear
Number of fingers and toes
Occurrence of hair not fur
How as we age we change
The way we do a pattern follow
The grand plan human
Loss of hair
Sag of shoulders
Elasticity gone from thoughts
Memory a sieve of pebbles
So much escapes leaving behind
These hard remembrances
Which obscure the present
Our joints grind and crack
Whatever we once were
No more we are alas
Whatever nationality colour or creed
Now we are simply the old
And they are the young and free.