Youth is so sweet

* * *

 Youth is so sweet
 And flies so high
 But it lives less
 Than butterfly.
 The sense and taste
 Of middle age
 Contains pain, passion,
 Wisdom, rage,
 The joy and charm
 Of flowing life
 The bitter scorn
 Of constant strife.

 I wish you both
 Be nice as rose
 And wise without
 Dismay and pose.

 May 10, 1992


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