Turning The Big SEVEN O......

On Friday, May 4th, I will be turning 70. Here are some thoughts about the occasion.

"When Will I Be Old"?

When I was three, it seemed to me

I simply could not comprehend,

The ancient age of twenty-three...

(Or any age past six.)

Of course, when all the years between

Had passed, and twenty-three arrived,

I realized I wasn't old at all,

But youth personfied.

And somewhere down the distant road,

Lay forty-three, the sunset age of life.

When "young" was truly past,

and "old" was firmly fixed, I thought.

But at forty-three, you see,

I scratched my head in disbelief....

Because I knew I wasn't old,

And youth was still at hand.

Aha! Sixty-three! Yes, Sixty-three.... That's when I'll be old beyond recall

At last the truth had dawned on me.

A man's not old 'till sixty-three.

Will I be old at eighty-three?

Most likely not, you see.

If I should reach that golden age....

Still young at heart I'll be!

"TO ME"