Hello my old friends...did you notice my absence?

i woke
stretched muscles growing old
feeling the pain
that greets each new day
yawn
at this age
i find that sleep
is not the sleep of youth
nor is much else
but i woke
and i rise to join the day
work...of course
family as they've always been
peace...gained from many years
of experience and love
so pain
wake me each morning if you must
but wake me...still
i have so much more to do