What Matters A thunderstorm, a foot of snow. Won't matter to me, I hardly know. A case of the flu, an aching knee. Won't matter to me, I can hardly see. Need a new roof, the grass won't rise. Won't matter to me, it's no surprise. Growing older, glass is half empty. Won't matter to me, I have lived plenty. Some folks say, At forty it starts. Won't matter to me, won't play those parts. Maybe I am wrong, could I realize. Could matter to me, I need a surprise. If there life out there? Am I just a hermit? Could matter to me, Can I live up to it? Days are going by, no time to waste. It matters to me, I will start with haste.