Tonight’s post is a video, since I have spent a good part of the afternoon and evening working on a music video which will be released on the streaming services on my birthday, Friday, December 12. I am posting here for you, and you can also find in on YouTube, if you would like to share it. You can also purchase the single on my Bandcamp page, along with a couple of other goodies. The lyric is below the video.
aging
the sunshine paints the steeple
at the dimming of the day
the light falls long and rich
and then it’s gone
it’s just another tuesday
another ordinary blues day
that feels like a lifetime
but doesn’t last for long
my joints play the percussion
orchestrating a discussion
of what it means to weather
all these years
there’s more to growing older
than bending down and getting colder
under the weight of a lifetime
with far too many tears
I’m aging
I’m stumbling through the mystery
I’m a walking breathing history
that’s sneaking up on seventy
i’m aging
my life is not diminishing
though I’m closer to the finishing
it’s the richness I’m relishing
I’m aging
the sun drops down the steeple
to welcome in the evening
the friendship of the shadows
brings me home
the distance of my youth
has grown into a nearer truth
I’m in love with a lifetime
that doesn’t last for long
I’m aging
I’m stumbling through the mystery
I’m a walking breathing history
that’s sneaking up on seventy
i’m engaging
my life is not diminishing
though I’m closer to the finishing
it’s the richness I’m relishing
I’m aging
life is holy and life is quick
the candle burns at both ends of the wick
years fly by at the speed of days
yet there’s still so far to go
I’m aging
I’m stumbling through the mystery
I’m a walking breathing history
that’s sneaking up on seventy
i’m engaging
my life is not diminishing
though I’m closer to the finishing
it’s the richness I’m relishing
I’m aging
oh, yes, I’m aging
gratefully aging
Peace,
Milton