Growing Older

The leaves, they turn their 
rust and gold
& The Autumn cold sets in 
I'll be turning the big 40 
When October comes again 
It's crazy to me that I've lived this long 
and in another 10, it'll be half a century 
I call myself an old man now,
But I'll REALLY be old then
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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