I Can Still Matter Poem by Tom Krause

I Can Still Matter



I CAN STILL MATTER

As time passes on
I turn the next page
to discover a new me
while I continue to age.

I may no longer be
who I was long ago
but I still can matter -
that much I know.

With a new set of tools
I have gathered from time,
I keep looking forward
to more mountains to climb.

My best is not over
as the skeptics might say.
I just learn how to conquer
in a much wiser way.

So don't sell me short -
I am not nearly done -
I CAN STILL MATTER -
I've only just begun.

Tom Krause - Copyright 2012

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
After retiring from 31 years of teaching/coaching in the Missouri Public School System I wrote this poem to help me recover from a mild bout of retirement depression. I hope it helps others.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Daisy Portia M Sanchez 09 November 2017

I find your poem very useful and relevant when I conduct my workshop on THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RETIREMENT.

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