Sixty-nine

Wow! I've made it to sixty-nine.

I'm feeling sort of lucky

To have my health and everything else.

Everything's just ducky!

Sixty-nine years behind me…

My spring has long ago sprung.

When I was a kid, it sounded so old;

Now it's sounding young.

Although I'm not a daredevil,

Life's been full of adventures.

I have a crown or two, but I'm

Still not wearing dentures.

Maintaining a curiosity

Has been energizing.

Does that have something to do with being

A Leo with Virgo rising?

Certainly there are things

I CAN'T or WILL NOT do.

But every day I challenge myself

To learn something new.

I'm still a sexagenarian.

In one year I'll see

My name with the septuagenarians

If that's meant to be.

-by Bob B (8-15-18)