celebration anxiety--By Lois Greene Stone--United States

celebration anxiety 

I don't want to be

younger again, yet

I don't want to be

older.  I've skills

and knowledge that

took decades to

develop, but birthdays

remind me that time

to use them has less

ahead than what has

already been.

Lois Greene Stone, writer and poet, has been syndicated worldwide. Poetry and personal essays have been included in hard & softcover book anthologies. Collections of her personal items/ photos/ memorabilia are in major museums including twelve different divisions of The Smithsonian.