Not feeling my age. Outside air is crisp with challenge. Crows feet are forgotten. Listening to the sounds of night. In the dim can still pass. Sipping the rich purple in my glass by the fire. My ankle is still slim in my boot. My sweater is wrapped around. The firelight glows. No place for my feeling to go. Just sitting enjoying the spell. Remembering what should have been. Wishing not so much waste. Head leaned forward. Fall is beautiful - if not lonely now.