These recent days I've lost the edge.
Maybe it's the grading. Maybe it's
the sunshine, a confusion about
where I am. Maybe it's another small
step of aging or the mind going. Whatever it is, I already miss it.
Without it, I'm just another old man
rising after an unsettled sleep.
With it, I rise full of surprises,
energy that drives me into the day
like a boy with a secret plan
to find any hidden thing worth
finding. With it, I rise young.
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