On January 14th, Halsey shared a new poem on her Tumblr titled “Senescence”.
Aging is cruel.
Pages of a book stuck between fingers.
You lick and lick and they stay attached
refusing to peel apart.
Hair like dryer lint, lifting in the wind
whisping away, fragile thing.
A ghost of years past
and on your face, the betrayal of truth.
Hubris washed off, and confidence broken.
Heart in shambles, the failures of relationships end.
Jobs lost and children angry.
Revealing the lonely ranks of insecurity.
I know nothing.
I am nothing.
I never was.
You are nothing too
but you posture, with your youth.
And maybe, that is good enough
while it lasts.
– Senescence. 2025
