Growing Old

The grace to accept growing old.
 Things that I can, 
 and things that I could.

The knowing of self in all that I do.
 What I am 
 And why is it so.

A confidence, won over time,
more now than before.

The strength to say what I think.
 And also judge what it will cost.

 But most comes from knowing
when silence will win. 
And a smile is answer enough 
for almost everything.