There is this feeling that haunts a soul It is the feeling of being Of growing too old This feeling is in me, I feel it sometimes It haunts me at day But mostly at night What I wasn’t expecting is how I would feel When another person told me This feeling is real This feeling is one of sorrow and pain It makes you feel Your life is of shame Life comes with a burden A burden unwelcomed Let’s just pray that it doesn’t worsen It seems as though some Feel this feeling intensely Makes us want to give up, makes us want to run My husband has said that he feels it too It makes me feel awful What can I do? We are all just here By chance perhaps Within ourselves, we all must leer But after this life Who knows what’s in store I only hope it isn’t more strife So I hold on to hope It’s all that we’ve got This is our truth, one we must scope