Completing 49 years

Is aging chronological
 
Or spiral?

Aging is random,
In moments few,
Our mental age grew.

Is aging greying
Or growing?
It is both for some,
Making use of this privilege is true understanding.

Is aging resting 

Your case,

Or resisting?

Aging is building a case

Singular, exceptional 
and then resting:
For posterity, be inspiring.

Is aging sweetening 
Or embittering?

Aging is a little of all,
Like so many shades 
Of a shedding 
Maple leaf at Fall.


Aging is choosing

To remain affectionate,

Yet to be detached,

From life's disarray,

Messy at times,

But that's life, anyway.

Aging is being 

And becoming

More inwardly beautiful, 

And outwardly 

Silently observing, 

And wisdom-gathering,

Aging is a chance for

Telling  tales more,

Half stories uttering,

In whispers, in words,

Musical and gentle,

Coloured with meaning,

Aging is poem-ing

In rhythm and rhymes,

Like the morning chimes.
 

One more 13th October
I am blessed to see
I thank my Papa and Mummy