April 16, 2014

  • Youth

    You thought you would live forever
    You thought tomorrow would never come
    You thought you were bullet proof
    You thought we would always be friends

    That was a long time ago
    before the children needed new shoes
    That was nearly a lifetime ago
    before you started watching the news

    You thought that you would be an astronaut
    You thought that you would never die
    You thought that you could be the president
    You thought that you could fly

    That was ages and ages ago
    before they stopped counting the candles
    That was eons and eons ago
    before you stopped watching cartoons

Comments (10)

  • Brilliant! But john, I still watch cartoons. Tom and Jerry, is among the favorites. Sponge Bob Square Pants, not so much, don't like the high decibel screeching sounds coming from those characters. But my little princes love them.

  • You really have talent.

  • you stopped watching cartoons?

  • That's what the young will always think! And I find it a good thing! Your poem sums it up so beautifully! It brought tears to my eyes!

    And where did the time go?!
    It seems like I just turned around and went from a kid to now! :-)

    HUGS!!! :-)

  • lol Loved it----so true. Nicely written. I connected with this one.

    frank

  • You thought, has run it's course, and now is wishing you hadn't thought of how you wanted your life to be....

    Perfectly written!

  • Love this poem as it is spot on.

  • We did think we would never die and that accidents happened to other people... I like this one - the rhythm is excellent! I can once again hear this set to music!!

  • We did think we would never die and that accidents happened to other people... I like this one - the rhythm is excellent! I can once again hear this set to music!!

  • That's youth, you pretty much covered it. Cool poem.

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