so old

 You're so old

they say 

and I laugh

with a deep roar

rising up from my very core

because how could that phrase 

ever be anything 

but magnificent?

She let herself go

they cry

and I smile

with every tooth in my head

because Mother Nature and I know 

what a miraculous act

letting go

truly is.

You've changed

they say

and i am at once 

completely fulfilled

and at peace 

with my life's purpose

because if I did not come here

to grow

then what was it all for?

-Donna Ashworth, 

'Life'