Lost In a Mirror of Youth

Fragile minds as soft as a newborn’s brow Trying to accept the truth but don’t know how In the world that they have created in their mind Eyes wide open but to reality blind Not a one can tell you how the world works Or why all the old guys are such jerks To know that they are perfect in every way Their salvation and strength to face each day A generation so different from those before And changes made with no one keeping score In the bloom of newness they talk of their paradigm As if the world has shifted for now and for all time In the time between brilliant thoughts and I told you so Someone that came before that worked hard to see and know Is thrown aside and told that in them there is no trust And that old ideas are as useless as metal turned to rust Lifetimes of learning are convinced that no value exists But somewhere inside the heartbeat persists The hope is not gone though the light is getting weak And the old ones find no room for the truth that they seek The youth of the day want to own it all and forever The experience is discarded and the wisdom told never The respect for those that broke the ground for the young to walk And created the language of change for the young to talk In my mind I hear the sound of tears falling In my heart I hear the wisdom of the forest calling And I know that between the words the ideas are right In my heart I struggle against change and want to fight For the beauty that was my time in the sun But now is the time to let go and be happy in a race well run