TURNING SEVENTY

 

       TURNING  SEVENTY

 

Paucity  of  years   left, beyond seventy

Yet  memories  in  plenty

Do  I  want  my  life  to  extend ?

'Not  afraid  of  death ' ,  I  often  pretend !

 

Should  I  add  years  to  my   life,

Or  add  life  to  my   years !

I  do   both  ,  through  laughter  and  tears

Time  flies  like  birds; with no hype.

 

Looking  back  in  sadness,

Life  seems  a  venture  in  madness,

Punctured  by  'hurts  and  regrets '

Or  a  sullen, grey  flatness.

 

And  then  through  a  rosy  filter

Everything  seems  to  alter

Luminous  events-  creative flowering  and  connectivity

Shimmering   'satory',  serendipity.

 

What  is  the  true   assessment

Of  a  life  in   volatile  ferment?

But  why  examine  the years,  gone  by

When  life  ahead  is  forever  opening  a  new  firmament .

 

Everyday  is  a  new  melody,  resonant

With  a  possibilities,  pregnant

To  make  a  difference

Sexy   and   sacrosanct.

 

Today  is  the  first  day , a  new  morn

Of  my  remaining  life  ahead

Forever   being   born

A  new  birthday  to  celebrate .

 

Everyday   every  birthday

May  be  the  last  of  life  lived  till  today

To  harvest  and  to  sow  seeds

In  peace ,  beyond  love  and  hate , sad  and  gay!

 

Death    closer,

No  more  so  terrifying

Have  jobs  to  do  and  savor

Missions   to do or die, before dying.

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