Birthday! (Goodbye 23, hello 24...)
I'm 23, going on 60,
but still so much of me is just
5 years old.
Seen a lot, sometimes I think I've found answers,
hiding in plain sight, but
difficult to see.
Now and then I feel I've felt the revelation,
then to find I've only found a
glimmer in the dark.
With each step I take a leap
and wander in the mysteries of
what will be.
Always the crossroads loom before me,
I settle for a time but know
it cannot last.
A year ago, I knew the path I was walking,
shadowy ahead but still
I knew the way.
A year from now, I'll be a little wiser,
I hope with more faith
and humility.
For what it's worth, it's been worth all the hardships.
All the times it seemed it wasn't worth
much at all.
By and by, it gets a little simpler
in this complicated universe
I've brought to be.
One by one, these days are numbered.
Looking forward to the countdown
but hope it comes slowly.
Year by year, the seasons turn,
spiraling we spin and come
'round again.
but still so much of me is just
5 years old.
Seen a lot, sometimes I think I've found answers,
hiding in plain sight, but
difficult to see.
Now and then I feel I've felt the revelation,
then to find I've only found a
glimmer in the dark.
With each step I take a leap
and wander in the mysteries of
what will be.
Always the crossroads loom before me,
I settle for a time but know
it cannot last.
A year ago, I knew the path I was walking,
shadowy ahead but still
I knew the way.
A year from now, I'll be a little wiser,
I hope with more faith
and humility.
For what it's worth, it's been worth all the hardships.
All the times it seemed it wasn't worth
much at all.
By and by, it gets a little simpler
in this complicated universe
I've brought to be.
One by one, these days are numbered.
Looking forward to the countdown
but hope it comes slowly.
Year by year, the seasons turn,
spiraling we spin and come
'round again.