Taking my time

I have aged before my eyes; even
Before I noticed or paid proper
Attention. It was sudden and it
Crept up on me at a pace much 
Faster than the one I take on
The front steps, which I now walk
With such caution that I lose 
Patience. Get on with it, I say
Under my breath, What is taking
This long, quicker, time's a-wasting.
I have aged before their eyes,
As my friends watched, as 
my 
Family, neighbors, we all blinked,
And suddenly, I wasn't just older,
I was, yes, suddenly, I was old
An old woman, walking the steps
One at a time, one by one. Get
On with it, what is taking this
Long, or maybe I need all that
Time, slowly...