IN FIFTEEN YEARS by Maureen Lancaster

I don’t know when it exactly hit me...

I’m usually so lousy with doing the math but there it was, staring me right in the face: "In fifteen years..."  Now, we all have those ages that hit us harder than most. Usually turning forty is a classic for men, fifty for women. And for me, well I think it might just be when I turn seventy! So why this great jump in doing the math when I realized that I was about to turn sixty five? And in a short, (too short!) fifteen years, I would be turning 80!

In Fifteen Years…

by Maureen Lancaster

I’m not yet ready to be 80

so why am I jumping the gun?

In years I find that only now

am I truly beginning to feel young!

Past are those years of work,

caring and youthful stress.

Embracing, finally now, the joys 

forsaken back then, I must confess.

Oh, yes, youth is wasted on the young

that’s why seniors are seen on the run:

Never too old, never to late

seems to be my lucky fate.

Grasp the gold ring

let my soul sing:

"At last, at last

I’ve broken my fast!"

Before it really is too late

and what's only left is time to contemplate.

For truly, what is age?

I kind of like being thought of as a sage.

Looking kindly in the mirror passed

I smile and like what I see at last.

So enough with the math

and fear of age’s wrath.

Time to step lively while I still can

Gee...maybe, if I’m lucky, I’ll even find “my” man!

Maureen Lancaster: Maureen is a spiritual woman who shares her life journey through her writings. Not considering herself a formal writer or poet, she started writing as an outlet for healing and finding wholeness following widowhood with her first book, Revelations of a Singing Bowl. Currently she shares her poetry about loving relationships, both with others and with oneself, on her Facebook page, Musings of Love. Maureen, a spiritual intuitive, also shares her love of all things metaphysical on her Facebook page, High On Spirit. Finding herself continually inspired by the poetry and lessons that she sees within everyday occurrences, she hopes that her words will resonate with others who may struggle from time to time on their journey; for coming to the understanding that we are not alone was one of her most valuable lessons. Revelations of a Singing Bowl is available as a free abridged iBook.

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