Ode to my Life: A Memoir
It seems the best part of my life's near its ending.
I searched all the days through only to find what I needed to know,
is at the ending and not the beginning.
Would that at the beginning of my life, I could have embraced such joy.
However, nearing the end of my days, as I don't know how far I am to go;
I find peace and love for what I now do.
If only it was in the beginning.
The journey of 81 years has proven to be a challenge.
And yet, since I finally found what I do pleasing, I must say
it has indeed been a pleasure.
I found I can express my thoughts in words and in pictures.
I have ventured to write many books for sale.
Having no idea that I could express myself in this manner.
I find it meaningful to leave a part of me behind.
Whether others like it, I do not know.
Since there are no little ones to show; I will have to reply on a guess.
And so, it seems the best has been saved for last.
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