through this door ... Inspiration

My Aged Eyes

My Aged Eyes

I see things so much differently now

Not because my eyes

Have weakened with age

But

Because these aged eyes

Have pretty much seen it all

Some feel that with age

Comes wisdom

The older you are

The wiser you are

I do not consider myself a wise man

Not with the mistakes

I have made

But I did learn

From those mistakes

And I made Damn sure

I didn't make the same mistakes again

Even at my age

I am still learning

And

I am certainly not arrogant enough to believe

There is nothing more to learn

Or experience

But in that same breath

I am not arrogant enough to believe

That I can still learn

At the same level

I am not a wealthy man

At least not in the monetary sense

But my years

Have given me a wealth of experience

This does not mean

I have all the answers

But

I do have the knowledge gained

Through my experience

And that

I am willing to share

I can't tell you what to do

You have to learn

You have to make mistakes

You have to fall

But

If you allow me

I can help make the fall

Less painful

I have lived

What you are living

I have seen the grey

The black

The emptiness

But

I have also seen

The joy

The love

The fulfillment

If I have learned anything

I have learned

Time

Is the greatest healer

Friends

True friends

Are the greatest comfort

And

Family

Family

Is

Everything

These aged eyes

Have seen a lot

And they may tire easily

But

They have retained

All they have seen

Come

Let me share

See the world

For a moment

Through

My aged eyes