Run With the Wind

When you’re young
  you run with the wind
    laugh in the face of time

Of a sudden you’re old
  you hobble, chagrined
    every step a tortuous climb

Though if young knew of old
  as old knows of young
   no melody’d ever be sung
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Tor Avatar
June 16, 2022 at 10:30 PM
So true, been there done that Gershon.
Wolf Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 11:50 AM
Me too, Michael. I've been young and poor; old and rich. I'll take young and rich. lol.
Proxenos Avatar
June 14, 2022 at 8:43 AM
There is a saying that youth is wasted on the young and wealth is wasted on the old - just a variation of what you so cleverly mention in this write. Hugs and blessings. Jennifer.
Wolf Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 11:49 AM
If the aged were given youth, they wouldn't waste it! -- Or would they?! Reference Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Baker Avatar
June 13, 2022 at 4:24 PM
Wise words, Gershon. Bill
Wolf Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 11:48 AM
Thanks, Bill!
De Beaulieu Avatar
June 13, 2022 at 3:15 PM
Hello Gershon, I agree.enjoy your evening my friend.
De Beaulieu Avatar
June 18, 2022 at 3:14 PM
Hello Gershon, enjoy your evening my friend.
Wolf Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 11:47 AM
Thank you, Darlene. Have a wonderful weekend. ~ Gershon
George Avatar
June 13, 2022 at 5:15 AM
How true....! Being old is sad. Life becomes tougher with age. If we could foresee future, no melodies would spring
Wolf Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 11:46 AM
Aging is no bed of roses. But I actually enjoy this stage of life. Might as well...
Hankins Avatar
June 12, 2022 at 8:54 PM
So true, gw. Your last stanza tells the story!
Wolf Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 11:46 AM
Yes, indeed. Thank Heaven youth does not contemplate old age. Whew! :) gw
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