My life straddles a century’s turn.
I have seen movements & trends crash & burn.
I’ve known I’d cross this threshold of time.
I’ve known this since the age of nine.
It dawned as Haley’s Comet passed by.
I’d see it again; didn’t know why.
I did the math right there in the drive.
I knew I’d see it at eighty-five.
Against all odds, I am curious…
If that kid’s vision was spurious.
Takes lifetimes to sort our inner child.
Bound by cosmic events all the while.
L.B.Stowe 