A New OLD Acquaintance

 I am sure I saw you, when?

Maybe ten years ago?

I think I recognized you then

Tho you were someone I didn't know.

At that time, you were like a familiar face

That you see at some annual event,

With a name that never came 

Or if it did...it went.

Then today, there you were again

Staring right at me

From my mirror, into my eyes,

Blue and deep as any sea.

A sneaky thing you truly are,

You've been behind me for a while

Always following quietly

But closer with every mile.

Oh, I knew someday we'd properly meet,

Others had come to know you well,

And the alternative to meeting looked a  little bleak

As near as I could tell.

So here you are, and here to stay

You certainly have grown bold.

Your last name is "AGE", to me you say,  

But I can just call you "OLD".