30 <br />(A pre-birthday rant) <br /> <br />How should a person celebrate <br />A passing of a round date <br />The roaring twenties are no more <br />Flirty thirties nocking at the door <br />My fear of aging uncontrived <br />Life shifted into overdrive <br />So looking at the year that's past <br />Let's thumb through crop of recent masks <br />Supportive wife, a caring daughter <br />A bitch that blew all out of water <br />A vixen and a jilted lover <br />(that last one hurt but I'll recover) <br />I gave a try to being a muse <br />But my serendipity was left unused <br />Gave writing poetry a go <br />What comes of it.... well time will show <br />Took many trips to distant lands <br />Took risks and strove to make amends <br />Then trumpled over a heart or two <br />Was humbled - that was overdew <br />Became a high-school voluteer <br />Whew, that was one hell of a year <br /> <br />Yet as the day bears on at me <br />It's clear that 30 is a number <br />My age and my experience <br />Keep feeding mind's eternal hunger <br />And as the laugh-lines loose their charm <br />And memories become the greatest wealth <br />It's comforting to know that in the years to come <br />I shall remain myself<br /><br />Masha Danevasha<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/30-2/
