Can you help me?

I’ll certainly try.

I need your help.

What can I do for you?

Someone has to do it.

I’ll see to it.

Help me.

I am.

Fresh out of high school

the world at my feet.

Adventures, tales—tall and small—

People, places, deeds and loves

all waiting to be set free.

I need you to help me.

Take care of me.

I know.

I am.

Thirty came early

Where does time go?

Family, home, job, spouse

all clamoring for attention.

I need, I want.

I want, I need.

Help me.

I am.

Forty came along

Where has everyone gone?

I’m alone.

I’m afraid.

I’m lost.

Can you help me?

Silence is deafening.

Fifty brought rejuvenation.

A returning of purpose.

New accomplishments.

A job well done.

A resurgence of long-ago tales

and adventures—tall and small—

People, places, deeds and loves

all bubbling to the surface,

ready to coalesce.

I need you. I need help.

I need, I want.

I want, I need.

Help me.

I am.

Is sixty here already?

How much longer do I have?

Closer now to my death

than to my birth.

I need your help.

Will you help me?

I don’t know if I can—

I need help. You have to help.

It will be hard—

I need, I want.

I want, I need.

You have to help me.

When it is my turn?

When do I get to do

what I want to do?

When it is my turn

to chase my dream?

When it is my turn

to do as I please?

I’ve done for you

when you needed me to.

I’ve helped you live,

I’ve helped you die.

You need. You want.

You want. You need.

What…

About…

Me?