a new leaf again

i believe we all look

back

and say

oh my. what a year it

was when

i was eighty-five.

but now

at eighty-six i see the error

of my ways.

how i need to change

and be a better person.

oh,

the lessons i have learned.

what a bad year it was

for me.

and you.

sorry, for all the things

i said,

and all that senseless

pain.