WERE I YOUNG AGAIN

 

 

Were I young again

I'd want to remain

A child.

I'd revel in my fantastic dreams

But I'd make them real

This time.

Make them my schemes,

For life.

 

Were I twenty again

I'd refrain

From to much responsibility

I'd really live

I'd really be free

Above all,

I'd make it my mission

To be

The real me.

 

Were I thirty again

I'd learn to love

With all my heart.

I'd impart

My every feeling.

I'd care and share.

And I'd sit staring in wonder

At sunrises and sunsets.

I'd ponder

The significance of life.

 

Were I forty again

I'd recognise the true value

Of friendship.

I'd wallow

In the comfortable solitude

Of silence;

Basking in the magnificence

Of trusting companionship.
 

Rod Jones  30/12/01