Youth Is Gone

Youth is Gone By Franklin Price 3/30/2017 Youth is gone forever, and is never to return. No matter how we wish it, a sorcerer's spell to yearn. Sneaks up on us quite stealthily and quickly races by With just the turning of a head and the blinking of an eye. Although we wish for it again, forever it is gone We are, what we lived life to be; a king or simple pawn. The cards were dealt, the dice were tossed, the roulette wheel was spun. We've walked the winding path of life, have, at times, both lost and won. Were we good, or were we bad, did we help one another? Did we raise a helping hand, to our sister and our brother? Did we raise a family who respects their fellow man? Can we look back proudly on our steps within the sand? Even with some age on us, we have not reached the end. We can still contribute to the world and to a friend. It's not too late for us to change, if we're not who we like. We can tell the bad in us to go and take a hike Relight the light that lit your way from youth to age's hill It may be a little tough, you can do it if you will. Place your torch atop the hill, on the darkest sea to shine;  A guiding light for others who may follow in your line. Although your youth is gone, and you're longer in the tooth, Show you've learned diplomacy and a little bit of couth Hug shoulders of both friend and foe and lend a helping hand And the young and old together can help mend a broken land