Written in my mid-twenties

Written in my late seventies

Credo 2
I have lived long enough
to understand 
I will die;
I choose
to delight 
in moments
of bright joy. 

In the early morning light
I surrender 
to the glory of June. 

In the morning breeze
branches move and sway
while their shadows
dance 
in the sunlight. 

In the quiet of solitude 
I am 
alive.