On my 90th birthday.

   I used to hold
   That thirty was old,
   But forty and fifty came fast.
   Definitions of old
   Changed as the years rolled,
   Then sixty and seventy I passed.

   I thought it was weighty
   When I reached eighty,
   But the years kept coming apace.
   And now I feel mighty
   To have reached the Big Ninety
   Which is more than most in this race.

   I trust 'twill be bliss
   As I go beyond this,
   'Til I pass from this present infernal.
   May my life always show
   That the promise I know,
   And look for a future eternal.

Written by Robert C. Mills on his recent 90th birthday. Mills, who lives in Collegedale, Tennessee, is a retired missionary and church administrator who is still active in local church work. He's lifelong vegetarian, gardener, and walker. He's the Vibrant Life editor's father.