I am ready to meet my Maker.
Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
– Winston Churchill
One of the problems,
actually there are so many,
of growing old,
we ignore the victory
of having lived so long.
Focus on what we lost,
not what we gained.
…
We lost youth
and that’s what sucks.
Everybody knows.
Except maybe you some days.
You know who you are.
Some other days, think of nothing else.
…
Not even afraid of dying.
At least then I stop aging.
Just like James Dean
Only older.
A lot older.
…
Used to have a neighbor.
Had to be 100 years old.
Look outside my window,
see him headed to the mailbox across the street.
Go take a shower,
drying off, look out my window again,
see him reach the box.
Stretch – steady now – open the door,
slide entry to Publisher’s Clearing House into box.
Turn.
…
Go make a sandwich & grab a beer.
Pass by window,
see neighbor reaching his door,
which closes gently behind him.
And that’s all I want.
To think I still have a chance,
a chance at winning the big prize and
for the door to close gently
behind me.