Inevitability

Inevitability David J Walker This is how I turned 20 With plenty of time left to Opine its wastings awaiting The sun to set The weekend to come Christmas Birthdays Summer vacations that Race past the calendars edge This is how I turned 30 Looking over a shoulder To see who is catching up Who is making up For past mistakes and Begging for retakes for the many Wasted opportunities This is how I turned 40 Feeling the changes To my body and The beliefs scattered over The spectrum of What is or Is not to come This is how I turned 50 Bracing for mortalities Callings Hoping that believing May facilitate the stalling Of recompense On the final tabulation To come and, oh Tipping is encouraged This is how I turned 60 In quiet contemplations reflections Concerning the reality of or The days of coruscate refraction that belong only to me Is this how I will turn 70 in the insouciance of what will be is the outcome inevitably predictable