New Poem--On Being 60 (dedicated to Sr. Franzita Kane)

The World at 60

(in memory of Sr. Franzita Kane, CSC)

I am 60 years old but my mind feels like I’m 16.

I have this insatiable hunger to know more, to understand
This fascinating Creation that I am part of.

It almost feels like a Calling, a Vocation,
A responsibility.

I have been given a sharp mind, facility with language,
And this insatiable hunger to know.

Yet in the back of my mind,
With an athlete’s instinctive awareness of the play clock,
I wonder, Does the time meet the task?

I pray for more time
Adequate energy, decent health.

And thank God for this Holy Hunger
And this gift.