I wonder how I will be in old age
how cheerful how content how firm or infirm
how gently I will think of myself and others
with what aplomb I will approach the various
obstacles that fall across my path and
whether or not any small dog(s) will trot
along the path beside me or race ahead in
their exuberance pulling my old bones
along on their careening caravan of youth.
I wonder too.