Not sad, friends, just introspective...

I wasted a lot of time
And many brain cells in the sixties
Trying to find myself
Only to find myself growing older
And smarter
As we all must
In spite of ourselves
The seventies brought more change
I bought a bra
And left behind the flowers
And much of the power
I believed I had
The eighties came with an education
And a career of sorts
I left behind me the drugs
And let alcohol rule the day
I stumbled but seldom fell
I was finding my way
When the nineties arrived
I gave up cigarettes and booze
Because I was enlightened at last
And left a part of myself behind
With that bottle and that butt
A part I sometimes miss
But never enough to return
I was an adult at last
Fifty but still looking back
Now here I sit firmly in the millennium
Wondering where my life is going
Now that I’ve left the past behind
Wondering who this lady is
Looking back at me in my mirror
And bemoaning the passing of time
Haven’t I grown smarter and better with age
Able to survive and thrive
In a time when many don’t
What do I have to cry about
As these tears run down my face