Day After Day

a muse on growing older

Day After Day

I'm old and gray,
life slowed me down.
My eyes still play
in shades of brown.

Years made me sigh,
time was my sage.
Youth passed me by,
turned one more page.

I've had my turn
and chased my dreams
with gifted sight
in moonlight's beams.

Lit the candle
and searched the flame.
Rode out the storm,
and broke the chain.

Shared greatest joy,
the laughter too
with dog-doo stuck
to my old shoe.

Set in my ways,
time goes along.
Hours to days,
not right or wrong.

My lessons learned,
I found the way.
Wiser with age,
day after day.