Today

January 14, 2023

Today’s my birthday, I’m turning 64

I think of the future more and more

Does Fate determine what’s to be

Or perhaps my future is up to me?

Get out of your head she would say

She was so right I’d tell her today

Most days now I don’t overthink stuff

I stay in the short grass, away from the rough.

64? Nah, I feel like twenty nine

Well, that’s true some of the time

But that damn mirror I look in each day

Keeps showing me with more and more gray

You say it’s because I’ve grown my hair long

Nope, I’m convinced that mirror is clearly wrong

My friend Cristi set me straight

She said “whoa, listen here, mate!”

Forget the hair, look into the eyes

That where the truth of the soul lies.

How will I spend this birthday of mine?

It depends if the sun comes out to shine

If it does, I'll probably sit in my lounge chair

(And wonder what to do about my gray hair)

If instead it is overcast and cloudy out

I'll review my photos from my wanderabout