Romans 6:6 

⁶ We know that our old man was crucified with Him so that the body of sin

would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

What do I taste in my old age?

Where has the sweetness gone?

The soft and tender “Dew of my Youth”

that left to be forlorn.

Did it leave because I wanted too

as “mature” faked its way in.

I wanted to be so grown up

but lost what I could have been.

Calyces formed where compassion reached.

Hardness replaced the tender.

Judgment moved empathy and

dumped the rest into a blender.

All mixed up I’m seeing clear.

All answers came rolling in.

For my own sake and others too

I became a bowling pin.

Standing there in the midst of them.

Who are just like me.

Waiting for the ball to roll

thinking it will set me free.