The day comes when you realize

you are not young anymore, at least

not in the way you thought you would stay~

though the heart leaps always

with the coursing of the eternal spring.

The wheel turns~the circle widens

and you now occupy a simpler place~

the circle of your i...

For so many years, you have built elaborate cairns

along the trail to the house of your self. You have found

just the right rocks for balancing, just the point in the trail

where you might get lost—so that in every season,

in the deepest snow, you can find your way back.

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