Sweet bird of youth
Fly in the sky fly free
Perched high
What do you see
So many chasing after me
Toiling all of your days
Never seeing time slip away
Gathering bits here and there
Moments to feather your nest
Knowledge is the twine to hold it together
Loves the illusion which last forever
Soaring free for all of my days
Trying to hold me in so many ways
I can’t be kept I must be free
Time is fleeting why can’t you see
Sweet bird of youth that we try to hold
Lessons conveyed as we grow old
Tomorrow’s not promised as heart’s grow cold
The Mirrors truth slowly unfolds
The youth we possess is more precious than gold
We must be brave we must bold
This life is our journey as we grow old Sweet bird of youth your lessons are told
Soaring while the sun is high Contemplating the reasons why
Truth that we wished we knew
Some choices we wished we could undo
Sweet bird of youth time is not long precious moments are here then gone
Flying high looking back you see
Youth is a bird which must be free
About the Creator
Gregory Anderson
I am a writer and filmmaker director & author. Writing has always been a passion for me. I wrote and directed a play called “The Rosary” which traveled around for a few years. My book “Poetic steps in time and season” is available online
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