how will I know
if I've grown old?
maybe I'll just wake up one day
see a stranger in the mirror
wearing my eyes and my clothes

maybe I'll feel it
in the creaking of my bones
when I try to get up to fast
or play hopscotch

maybe I'll forget
what it felt like
to stand in the pouring rain
and feel so full of sun

will you tell me?
will you tell me if
you see the grey in my eyes
and will you remind me?