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Age and Flow

If I had to recount a range for pure,
If would be womb to birth to sixteen years.
Aglow with vigor on a virgin shore --
Of first-love hugs and superhuman tears.

Fearless and careless of body and mind,
A known contradiction, a youthful show.
But, age spins quickly to the daily grind --
And, feelings reverse as we age and flow.

Gray and grown with painful inflammation.
Nothing to fear from a senior mind-prism.
Protesting every new deformation --
The paradox of youth versus wisdom.

Young, infinite, bliss, immortality --
Lost in mature, moonless normality.

August 23, 2016
Which Of The Four Would You Choose - Poetry Contest

Copyright © Tom Arnone | Year Posted 2016

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Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/27/2016 3:14:00 PM I keep clicking on poems I have read. Can you think of some I have not seen yet? Let me know, ok!! Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 9/27/2016 10:01:00 PM Surprise me, Andrea. ;-)

Sara Kendrick Date: 9/23/2016 3:01:00 PM I agree age of youth has its good points but old age has some good ones as well..I enjoyed reading this one..Thanks for participating in my contest..Sara Login to Reply Sara Kendrick Date: 9/23/2016 3:03:00 PM Cute, note on your poem..I hope that the mosquito bite didn't cause Lyme Disease..LOL..Sara

Sandra Haight Date: 9/11/2016 7:28:00 PM I enjoyed your well-written Sonnet, Tom, and the paradox you present. It made me think of an old saying, "Youth is wasted on the young"! This should do well in Sara's contest, and best wishes! Sandra Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 9/11/2016 7:59:00 PM Thank you, Sandra. :-)

Laura Leiser Date: 8/28/2016 4:30:00 PM Ingenious sonnet about aging, Tom! Of course you are not that old, lol :) Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 8/28/2016 5:04:00 PM Of course, Laura. ;-)

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/25/2016 7:57:00 PM oh, yes, those last two lines really sum it up. I have written on that same topic, just with different words. Great job here, Tom. I started this contest and can't remember where i put the dang poem!! Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 8/25/2016 8:53:00 PM You'll find it -- a winner, as most of your poems, for sure! :-)

Janice Canerdy Date: 8/25/2016 4:10:00 PM A 7 for this well-written, reflective sonnet, Tom. Janice Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 8/25/2016 4:20:00 PM Appreciate that lucky 7, Janice! :-)

Tom Quigley Date: 8/24/2016 8:30:00 PM Great write! Brought me back for sure. Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 8/24/2016 8:40:00 PM Brought you back from where? ;-) Thanks, Tom!

Carrie Richards Date: 8/23/2016 7:49:00 PM You summed it up perfectly! Youth is bliss, ..... because we never believed in mortality !! Mature normality... dissolves the myth !! Darn it !! Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 8/23/2016 8:06:00 PM Yea, well, let's try to live as young and as long as we can. "Do not go gentle into that good nigbt." -- Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953)

John Fleming Date: 8/23/2016 4:50:00 PM Mind you there are benefits to being in a state of advancing years...Just cannot think of any off hand - Ah well! Lol... My best regards, Tom. :) john Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 8/23/2016 4:55:00 PM Thanks, John. Let me know when you recall those benefits. ;-)

Charlie Smith Date: 8/23/2016 4:07:00 PM Damn that senior mind-prism...full speed ahead. Login to Reply Charlie Smith Date: 8/23/2016 7:41:00 PM I forgot, let me read it again... Tom Arnone Date: 8/23/2016 5:02:00 PM Charlie, does that mean you like it, or you're having a mind-prism moment? ;-)