Getting Older by the Minute

Getting Older by the Minute

I woke up this morning
The sun was shining bright,
I rolled on my side
And turned on the light.

Oh no, the light goes on at night
I remembered just too late,
Then I looked in the mirror
And there I saw my fate.

Whose face is this that looks at me?
A face I hardly know,
Those creases surely are not mine,
Last night they did not show.

The hair once smooth and shiny too
Looked back at me all dull and grey
It can't be me, I am too young,
And I was filled with dark dismay.

I grabbed my toothbrush
And opened my mouth,
Gone were the lovely pearly whites,
In just one sleep they've all gone south.

I stepped in the bath
And to my disgust
My creaky bones
Had turned to rust.

I couldn't get up,
I couldn't get down,
And try as I might,
I couldn't turn ‘round.

I can't avoid it any longer
No matter how I spin it
Body and mind combine to say -
I'm getting older by the minute.

March 08 32 lines abcb rhyme
Prompt: ‘I'm Getting Older by the Minute'