Perimenopause
Menopause
Postmenopause
Songs of an aging female
Life plays many versions of these tunes
Whether we like them or not
Expanding
Contracting
Expanding
Like an accordion
Our bodies are constantly changing
Often beyond our control
Life pushes our buttons
Squeezes
Pulls
Pushes some more
Keeping us ever wondering
What version of the song comes next
Good nutrition
Faithful exercise
Prayer and meditation
Cannot always sway
The radical hormonal changes
Life keeps playing, and playing, and playing
I am like an accordion
Trying to play my own tune, see a smaller point on the scale
But my hormones have shifted (again)
Now they prefer to expand
I am soaked thru with sweat, frustration, and a primal cry
Life doesn’t listen, it simply hangs me out to dry
E.A. Fussell
11.19.2022
E. A. Fussell 