03-07-2016, 02:25 AM
Fresh and Young
Moment to moment,
this old heart must decide,
if it is worth the effort,
to gather the energy,
for one more beat,
too keep this body alive.
I see young children play
and I think I would not mind
having some of that energy—
age and wisdom are highly over-rated—.
Some of my peers rail and jeer
at the young girls dressed so skimpily.
"It should be banned," they say,
but they only talk that way
because they would like to partake.
Do not be deceived by the old
with skin reptilian dry
and kisses of Death's cold.
Given half a chance
they would take your youthful warmth
leaving you a worthless husk to fill their place.
So do not come too close,
do not let your heart feel
sorrow for these "oldlings".
They have, had their one chance at life
and used it for good or ill,
but I will tell you a secret;
each and everyone of them has one regret.
It burns them and the burning is never done.
They burn to trade the used life they have
for one still fresh and young.
erthona
©2016
Moment to moment,
this old heart must decide,
if it is worth the effort,
to gather the energy,
for one more beat,
too keep this body alive.
I see young children play
and I think I would not mind
having some of that energy—
age and wisdom are highly over-rated—.
Some of my peers rail and jeer
at the young girls dressed so skimpily.
"It should be banned," they say,
but they only talk that way
because they would like to partake.
Do not be deceived by the old
with skin reptilian dry
and kisses of Death's cold.
Given half a chance
they would take your youthful warmth
leaving you a worthless husk to fill their place.
So do not come too close,
do not let your heart feel
sorrow for these "oldlings".
They have, had their one chance at life
and used it for good or ill,
but I will tell you a secret;
each and everyone of them has one regret.
It burns them and the burning is never done.
They burn to trade the used life they have
for one still fresh and young.
erthona
©2016
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.