When You Reach That Age

I used to do it,

for everyone else,

but by now I only,

do it for myself.

Not that I mean to be mean,

or hurt anyone's feelings;

that's just not me.

Still, if I offend you,

or hurt your feelings,

I'm not trying to please you,

or appease you.

By now... Call it being set in your ways,

but I pretty much lived my life.

By now... I know what I like, and dislike,

and I'm only thirty-five.

I don't mean,

that I will be close minded,

but I am closed,

to peoples expectations of me.

I suppose what I am saying is,

with seizures, a bad ankle,

a bad leg, a bad knee,

a bad back, and many other things,

don't expect to much from me.

Now this piece is not to everyone.

As I said,

I am writing this for myself.

... but to those who this may apply to,

'Thank you, but I no longer need your help'.

By now, if I do not know you,

I don't really consider you a friend.

It's nothing personal.

It's just by now,

I trust who I trust,

and meeting new people,

is something that I don't,

feel like doing again.