another

In one ear
Another year
Comes and goes
Like summer clothes

What did I gain?
How much rain?
Good or bad
Happy sad

Marking time
Nickel dime
Another year
Older, my dear

Face lines bolder
Hair fades white
Flames now smolder
Chilly nights

Solitude echoes
Friendships let go
Occasional hello
Smiles in kind

Come to find
Conscious mind
In quiet stillness
Without illness

Still, I’d jump and rail
If someone rang
For a pint of ale

This I write
With slow exhale