I wake early every day
in anticipation of the rising sun

For me, unlike most my peer's
my life at sixty
has just begun

My body feels so good
so strong, so right!
I've taken up mindfulness
I've let go of strife

I don’t have a lover
My money is really tight
My truck needs new tires
My neighbor's
for some strange reason
want to pick a fight
But...
all of that
is but mere shadows
beneath this
Poet's light!