Incipient Age
O vigorous incipient age
in a seperate world from the grown,
thou hast no moral cage
nor guilt for thee to bemoan.
So free like birds on the wing
unfettered with reasons of why,
thy song you playfully sing,
so blissful you think not to die.
Then comes growth the enemy to thee
a disease that spreads in thy bones,
and time that makes thee to see
the truth that thou hast not known.
The make-believe world that you play
will linger in the memory of mind,
and fantasies and heroes portrayed
become real in the life that you find.
And later on down that aged road
decisions come crowding your thoughts,
and character begining to show
the virtues and vises you wrought.
Copyright © Michael Nibert | Year Posted 2016
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