Ranking

I’m a novice at this getting

older thing. It’s the first time

I’ve had to do it so I hope

everyone can bear with me.

It’s always new.

I’m an amateur at aging.
I’m nowhere near a

professional at it.

It’s just what I’m doing

every single day.

Year by year a new milestone

is struck. A new age bracket to

explore without ever believing

I’d make it this far.

Never had a blueprint or road-map.

I’ve just had to make it up as I

went along; Highs, lows, loves,

broken hearts, lies, truths, failures,

successes and never really knowing

if it was right, wrong or just what it was.

 Always a new issue, crisis, conflict,

grumbling, grousing, and to go through,

always a new lesson, always an education,

always a time and a place for a new time and

place.

I’m still an apprentice at living,

I’m still a beginner at being.

I don’t know where I’m going,

but I have seen where I’ve been,

and I suppose that’s where credentials come from.

I’m facing a new decade of numbers,

a chance to move up in the

rankings of life to Semi-Pro and

if I’m lucky, loved and liked,

I might turn Pro.