My Heart Stayed Young

Time etched itself into my face, and my body has grown old. I find comfort now in simple things, and I'm not near as fast and bold. My heart somehow eluded age, and refused the effects of time. It didn't grow old like the rest of me, giving way to cracks and lines. It's still filled with so much life, and desires to sing and run. It's filled with places yet to go, and songs waiting to be sung. I wish I could return somehow, to innocence and youth. Before my bones and joints did ache, before so long in tooth. Soon I'll be resting in the ground, after life with me is done. And it's because my body grew old, but my heart always stayed young.