<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437593" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In My Advancing Years</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">And, <br>In my advancing years...<br>Those struggles I feared, <br>Are memories of my past.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I ask and I've kept, <br>That peace of mind once out of my reach.<br>I desire more to explore, <br>A life now I've allowed to teach.<br>Instead of a search I keep, <br>In continued excuses met to refuse...<br>A life given to me.<br>And one I discovered I like, <br>In my advancing years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And, <br>In my advancing years...<br>Tears that once flowed, <br>For those I miss so much in my life.<br>Today, <br>I've come to realize my life should be lived...<br>And not to fight, <br>Against...<br>The acceptance of surprises.<br>And I should stop sitting on a fence<br>In those disguises to hide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In my advancing years, <br>I've learned to dance...<br>Until the music stops.<br>And I'm no longer here...<br>To hear as clear as I do now.<br>With ears that will be silenced.<br>And I should not wait, <br>Or anticipate the outcome.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I will instill adventure.<br>In my advancing years uncensored.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437593" data-title="In My Advancing Years de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="And, In my advancing years... Those struggles I feared, Are memories of my past. I ask and I've kept, That peace of mind once out of my reach. I desire more to explore, A life now I've allowed to teach. Instead of a search I keep, In continu..."></div> </div> </div>

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