The Late Sun
Five poems on growing old with strength and joy — arriving at the summit of a life, then meeting the body's and mind's decline with care, and raising new ties as old ones fall. A late sun, still high. The late years can be lived whole — earned, reclaimed, and lit.
The Years You Earn
At seventy-five, the crowning years begin.
The Years You Reclaim
The sun rides lower, but the day is far from done.
The Body You Build
Ask, and the body answers still.
The Mind You Keep
Engage it, and the mind stays your own.
The Ties You Raise
As old bonds fall, raise new ones.
Read in order, the five trace the arc of the late years — earned, reclaimed, the body, the mind, the ties. Each also stands alone, on the morning it finds you.