Edge of Thirty

I LIVE SEVEN DAYS SHY OF THIRTY YOU THINK I'VE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK THE PATHS I WALKED AND PEOPLE I MET ALONG THE WAY GOODNESS AND MISERY I BROUGHT TO SOME I STILL AM HUMAN AND DEFINEATLY NOT PERFECT NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A SAINT BUT I STILL REMAIN TRUE TO MYSELF AND MY BELIEFS HAVING A HARD TIME GRASPING I'LL BE THIRTY AND I HAVE'NT ACHIEVED HALF THE STUFF I WANTED TO WHAT AM I TO DO "STRESS" NO TRY AGAIN EVEN THOUGH I HAVE'NT MET MY GOALS GOALS HAVE MET ME IN MY OWN WAY AND I HAVE BLESSED MYSELF I HAVE TESTED MYSELF I HAVE REMAINED MYSELF AND TRUSTED MYSELF WHO CARES I'LL BE THIRTY I HOLD ANSWERS TO MY LIFE I HOLD RESPECT I HAVE GAINED AND NOT LOST NO MATTER WHAT I TRIED I'VE TAUGHT MYSELF OVER THE YEARS THAT IS PRICELESS AND TIMELESS SO I FEEL NO NEED TO SULK OVER MY AGE THIRTY YEARS OF LIFE OF BREATH OF HOPE OF DREAMS STRUGGLES THIRTY YEARS OF SURVIVAL AND BLESSING THESE ARE MY THIRTY YEARS OF MY LIFE AND MEMORIES THIRTY DON'T THINK IT'S A DIRTY NUMBER DAMN...I'M GETTING UP THERE.... BUT TO SOME I'M STILL YOUNG SEVEN DAYS SHY OF THIRTY HMM