As I get older,
please don't label me
"young at heart."

My goal:
"old at heart"–
much more valuable,
way more interesting.

Life lived,
challenges met,
lines on the face of the soul.

George Bernard Shaw said,
"Life should be lived in crescendo!"

Always, always, always more.

Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.