Transition-I Am Old Now Poem by Mary Mc Creath

I am old now and I can tell you,
I would not change my place
With anyone.

I have know what it is like
To be a child
A teenager
A young woman.

At thirty I felt accomplished
As a teacher.
At forty the deeper meanings of life,
Attracted me.

By fifty I had three careers after teaching.
At sixty I started to wonder
How life would be for me from now on.

At seventy I am beginning to feel,
A joy at being alive, that is new to me.

I feel my vulnerability,
I feel my fading strength,
I know my demise is approaching,
Yet there is a peace and happiness
That I feel at a new depth,
A knowledge and understanding,
I have that I can taste and savour
With delight.

a peace and security I have
That leaves me,
With an openness to what,
Life has to offer me still.

I am old now and I can tell you
I would not change my
Place with anyone.