oh, to be ageless

we thought we could outthink aging.

and we have.

but we can't take thought seriously

as a method or a guide.

our lives are labors of accessorizing.  

we labor with tension,

anxiety, self-generated stress,

stages of depression,

and generally feeling states of isolation.

all of which are tickets towards aging.

we wanted take our bodies 

along for the ride.

we wanted experience 

to be further stimulating.

we wanted horizons to open

for perspectives to transcend,

for a sense of liberation to answer our calls.

but what method do we have

that is not insulted by our apparent means?

maybe in the mind's eye, there is a wisdom

that could not be translated into words.

maybe reincarnation seemed viable 

for some.

look, if we basically understood 

the psychology 

of all human time, 

advancing and accumulated,

would aging be the escape 

or the whittle-down

as so declared?

how smart would we be 

in an in-time ongoing scenario?

if living on, 

gave one a more profound perspective,

then how dumb would it be

for looking back at the past?

would we commit to the methods 

we now use?

would we discover that the hidden agenda

disguised behind governments 

and otherwise society

would be so false an orientation? 

we would have to have 

to create an ageless society

to even comprehend how silly it all is 

to start with?

if we were all ageless

then history, as it is accounts for,

practical reality as it is addressed,

and our claims of wants and needs

would all be radicalized 

beyond literal belief.

even the construction of primary belief,

our way of pursuing living,

and the notion of a self

would be subject to 

deep inroads of suspicion.

so how to transition into ageless?

thought would be the consumption 

of bad-habits

of the mind.

remembering would become 

an unavoidable neurosis. 

what would be the great philosophy 

for the future

that is then not based upon modeling

that falsifies existence for now?

for it then to become 

of a worth in the moment,

it would certainly not be the evidence that now presents.

we would have to be deeply soul worthy 

to not be mocked by the sheerness 

of current existence.

memory would be a new dis-ease.

retention would be a syndrome of concern.

maybe the search for now 

would become more real,

as sort of the essence of what to live for.

the sense of family or clan or culture

would seem over zealous,

and for no apparent reason at all.

who would be asking about procreation?

parenting would become obsolete 

as a concept.

our definitional sense of everything

is subject to complete overhaul.

where we are right now,

would have very little to offer

for the long haul,

as in living forever.

we would be done with 

projecting our self images.

we would somehow eventually discover 

the futility

of our current ways.

and the nonsense generated with education and job security,

as well as maybe even gender

and for sure race representation 

as meaningful.

the past becomes a yawn.

the future has less bearing on the day.

and now, the refinement of presence 

in the now,

would be more than just a hobby 

of occupancy.

that is, it would be amazing

if we ever thought 

that we could actually outthink 

and be ageless . . .