Morgan McIntosh Poet Free verse

when you are young

when you are young,
 they assume you know nothing
nothing of the world
 because you are new to it
the glasses of the young 
 are the purest
see the most raw
 the most beautiful version
they assume its ignorance
 but if your life is shrouded in darkness
you never see the light
 that
that is ignorance
 that is what they should call young eyes
young understanding
 age is just a number
your understanding of the world 
 that is what tells you your age
your wisdom
 not the time you were born
an old soul is old not because of its age but because
 it understands more than you think it does

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Tom Cunningham March 26, 2026 at 10:05 PM We may be older and wiser but sometimes we miss things that a younger person will pick up on. I remember growing up I questioned everything, now hopefully I'll pass that knowledge to those coming after me. Tom Morgan McIntosh March 27, 2026 at 6:36 AM thank you so much for your feedback, I wrote this poem because a lot of times people underestimate me because I'm young, again thank you! Tom Cunningham March 26, 2026 at 10:06 PM PS , you did well Morgan, I find the more I write the better I get at it.

Morgan McIntosh March 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM please tell me how I did with this one, I was debating posting it or not. Justin Henry April 22, 2026 at 9:36 AM I really liked it and I think you did a good job on it