Years
A lifetime grows by adding years
With sunny smiles or stormy tears-
They're nourished both by joys and fears.
For children, they approach with cheers!
As each new birthday soon appears
Each quickly stacks right up and steers
In teenage years challenging peers
With childhood days put in arrears.
How soon the years pick up their speed
Not knowing where the rest will lead.
Direction calls for plans to heed
As year by year changes the need
To reassess our lifetime creed
And make the best of every deed.
Until the last year's glory, feed
With thankfulness for each, indeed.
May 4, 2023
Writing Challenge - 'Y' Words - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France
Word Chosen: No 2 - Years
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