How Soon We Age
How soon we age through the years
When aboard the train of time,
As the bliss of youth disappears
With all we hold as prime;
How soon everything is gone
Into the blaze of the night,
Leaving that which is unborn
To trouble our tender heart.
A young friend in his dire zeal
May just never understand,
Until life becomes so real
To escape his stubborn mind:
That youthfulness and all its mirth
Are all but for few days;
For closer is the day of death
Than it seems in all ways.
Copyright © Folajin Ademola | Year Posted 2018
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