closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
middle period; medium-term
youthful; young; young-looking
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear