looking back at closing doors

growing older the years
      speed by

          this last one
               the fastest yet

looking back there are
     closing doors

         from where I have
             come from

the closing doors
       appear dim

            with opening doors
                   ahead of me

responsibilities to that
     left behind life
        are with me still

Looking ahead
       there are openings
             with challenges of a life
                    being left behind

the closing doors
      appear dim
           with opening doors
                  ahead of me

 the task
       of facing responsibilities
           to that life left behind
                  comes to me

with the doors dimming

      is time running out?

Time does not
     run out
          the task will be before me

looking inward
    the answers to the task
        are within reach

closing doors
   openings
        within my reach