The Mt Kenya Times 
OLD man
By Paula.O.M.OTUKILE
Gaborone, Botswana
Age creeps in like a thief at night; at first you fake being 17 years at 12, writing the English language composition, at school. The next thing you are at University faking to be a fully grown woman, wearing the last formal maxi dress and a blazer, and then suddenly you are the principal wreath placer at family and friends demises.
It starts with few closer Forward friends having the bug of Liberty to embrace motherhood and you bring the key person to organize a baby welcoming party, then the most beau ones began reciting I do’s as you get a bridesmaid fever, then an aunt you become and if you craft your path well, you join family meetings, community meetings and boom you are an adult, man you are old.
A decade pass and another, your agemates join parliament, councils, senior positions and if you fail to field yourself you idle as an immature adult with no purpose. Sleeping late they wake you up as a lazy person as the well-established one are said to be resting, time ticks, and soon you are getting few lines of stress and face lose shape, you care less of appearance and focus on gather the gatherings.
More people you know pass on, another sign of aging, and more if not all get married, as you clutch to innocence suddenly almost everyone got their own houses, but you still live with your folks, mates see you less and later you do not know where all disappeared to, you meet everyone by chance as all are busy building castles and homes.
Question is how do you realize that you are now old? Does it creep or you see it and deny!
As pride dies, being choosy on whom to be friends with, being super nice to all and gaining balance, you stand and think of retirement plans, funeral plans, and if ends meet fail, your get stressed to the core on how your end shall be
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