Sweet bird of youth

Time

By Gregory AndersonPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

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

surreal poetry

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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