The years wear deep grooves
Like canyons, especially on my soul
Time grows many tree-like rings
Towering, flaunty as a maypole
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Memories fly by, mile markers of life
A teen sprouts, what’s it all about
Twenties, playing like a grownup
No longer convincing as a Boy Scout
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Married and a family at thirty
Divorced at forty, just those u-turns
Love comes later, the years are sweeter
The heart doesn’t lie, it still yearns
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Fifty is forever, but it’s not
The twilight of sixty is misty
If you haven’t found your way
The roads are increasingly twisty
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More chances, more mistakes
Often lost, somehow found
Luckier than I deserve
Still on the right side of the ground
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Of those billions of twinkling stars
Snowflakes float from our sky
Each singular and earthbound
Feeling blessed, I’m that guy
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