Of older age I do know that I have arrived,

Still but a child in comparison to some,

Knowledge that others older than I still has yet to come,

I’ve not, like them, through longer years survived…

Last summer (almost 1 year to the day) I almost died,

And this summer I seem to have lost what I did learn,

I have yet to make Rene my blushing bride,

As for her, I have a constant and everlasting concern…

But I still do grow and even sometimes I do achieve,

Of others I have grown to love & lost, I do grieve,

I’ve also gained of new others, of this I did not conceive,

My life is truly better & brighter, re-finding God & His works,

I am most happy and content that of this life, last year, I did not leave…

© ed ~ 7/11/10