Growing older doesn't have to be war.

It's getting close, I can read it on my face.
I almost have another year under my belt.
I have my year of stories, along with the battle scars.
I'm not proud of everything that's happened but I'm not
one to regret any of it. I've been told "You only live once."

I consider myself one of the lucky ones.
I fell in and out of love for the first time,
Got the tattoo.
I learned to sleep through thunder storms,
Moved out on my own.
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,
Spent the night in a hole.

I'm going to use this next year to reconnect.
I'm going to use it to make up for lost times.
I'm going to use it to get back things I've lost,
people i have let go.
I am going to use this next year for me,
and the one after that.

To live life you have to get older, when you stop getting older is when you stop living.
I think that makes getting older worth it. Or at least that's what I like to tell myself.