I turned fifty today
and though it's just a number 
or coincidence 
but the bars of the cell I stept in
when the twenties left
are getting thinner 
and the world outside more colorful

being in my thirties and forties 
was great 
but it was not the morning light
the expectation 
or the early evening with it's anticipation 
of a beautiful sunset 

I am glad it's over
and I miss it