I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past.
Athletic ability can be taken away like that. It can all end in a heartbeat.
I was playing good tennis up until 100.
Faith is a talent, and it goes the way of all your talents. Getting old is the subtraction of your powers. Which very much goes for writing.
My court skills may have atrophied.
I was for a minor amount of time but I was probably a better pianist at 15 than I am now.
Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.
