When I do something now that I did 40 years ago
With the same ease as back then, I’m sometimes amazed
I walked 7 miles this morning with no problem
And so far, knock on wood, feel no ill effects
7 miles when I was young would be nothing to me
But now I don’t walk as far as I used to
And I’m not in training to take longer and longer walks
This morning, however, I felt like walking
And walking, and walking, as if
I had all the time in the world
For how much longer, I’m not sure
I wonder more often these days, if a time will come
When I won’t be able to do something like this anymore
Hope it won’t be tomorrow, the way life goes
Lanning Lee 