Age is Just a Number

FatherTime is masterful at

Changingplots and storylines,

Andall bear witness as

Thetransformations are discerned.

Asseason shifts to season

Etchedin incremental stages,

Mortalitybecomes

Anunavoidable concern.

 

Butage is just a number

Andold is but a state of mind.

AndI’ll be here (until I’m not),

So,set the feast and pour the wine.

 

LikeMister Frost whose lifelong task

Wasoft misunderstood,

Butfound the road to longevity

Ina lonely yellow wood.

 

OrGlenn, the younger, circumnavigating

Timeand space

ToGlenn, the elder, after

Sevendecades and still in the chase.

 

So,let the aging process roll

Uncheckedand unforgiving,

AndI’ll be here (until I’m not)

Tomake the most of living.