I am blessed to be of good health
Ability still I do possess
To do the things of bygone days
Nearly seven decades have come to pass.
It was the 1st of March in Southern Illinois.
Beautiful, Sunny, and 75 degrees.
Grand Kids came for a visit, you see.
And I climbed a tree today.
We played outdoors.
The tree was there!
They had never climbed a tree before.
And I got tempted!
“What a shame”, I thought!
So, I challenged them to climb.
The challenge was accepted.
Their way I helped them find.
They got stuck.
I got warned!
They laughed and grunted.
And I got reminded.
Sixty years it’s been,
Since last I climbed a tree.
I climbed it anyway.
And I thought, “O! What fun this is!”
Ascending a tree
I still can do.
Tomorrow a chiropractor I may see?
But still, I climbed a tree today.
