be wary, be wary, all ye who age

be wary, be wary, all ye who age
lest regrets and rue overtake thee
and send thee the belated nightly vision
of a strange prophet or concealed sage
the selfsame icon of thee---the youthful ye...
showing up at break of dawn, facing backwards 'gainst earthen light
with rosy and dimpled cheeks,
a divine cast and lionized gaze
silver-lined giggling, nectarine embalmment
be wary ye, to suffer thyself supplication, bowing defeated and homilized
admit incurable fear and shame
speak not vainly that,
the child before ye once wore the face of God,
yet thou art the surface of Mankind upon the ground
infinity that came to pass, where thou kneelst somewhere
and then all is lost
light descended inside thy framed flesh and bone,
down the nether-wards horizon, the Aeons' allegorical cage