OLDER AND WISER

Growing older is not so difficult...

Not so different from youthful exuberance.

Steps may be slower...

Stairs may be higher...

Nights may be shorter...

Muscles may ache where

You never knew you had muscles before.

Physical tasks may be more of a chore.

 

But one learns to compensate,

Brain over brawn.

Pain is a teacher you both

Love and hate,

And patience becomes a constant companion

Who compensates freely

Those willing to wait.

 

Like the willow who bends,

Growing tall by the waters,

Biding the years, taking all in it's stride;

Older and wiser,

Weathering winter,

Seeking tomorrow

With arms open wide.
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