My Aged Eyes

I see things differently now

Not because my eyes

Have weakened with age

But

Because these aged eyes

Have seen it all

Some say with age

Comes wisdom

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

I am still learning

I am not that arrogant to believe

There is nothing more to learn

Or experience

But in that same breath

I am not that arrogant to believe

That I can still learn

At the same level

I am not a wealthy man

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

Which I am willing to share

I can't tell you what to do

You have to learn

You have to make mistakes

Fall

But

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

June 17, 2013