Seven Decades Down

Seventy years now
Have come and gone
So I’ll take some time here
To go on

About how lucky I feel
To be alive
Thinking of my friends
Who did not survive

I’m feeling healthy
And alert
And my pride’s the worst thing
I’ve ever hurt

There’s aches and pains
But nothing major
No longer having the body
Of a teenager

But I wouldn’t turn back the clock
To younger days
No matter what
Anybody says