Youth Culture
I’ve heard it
Said that
Youth is wasted
On the young.
As I age
I believe this
More than ever.
I look back and wish
I knew then what i
Know now.
How my life would
Be different.
So many consequences
Are given to decisions
Youth makes
They are not really
Prepared to make.
Who gave me the
Right to make that
Decision at
18 or 20
Or
Whatever number?
Its all the same.
Youth is
naïve
And
Arrogant
And
Reckless,
While sometimes
Full of
passion
Idealism
Defiance
That
Creates
New visions
And discoveries
As well as
Repeats of all the
mistakes
that lead to
elders saying
“I told you so”
in despair.
Such is the
Cocktail of
Generations
Piling up on top
Of each other
Writing new
Histories
That while
Always
Different
So often mirror back
The same reflections
All over again.
Youth never is truly
Appreciated until
Its gone
and
You miss what’s
No
Longer there.
What seems like
Forever when you
Have it,
Seems so short
When its lost.
If they only knew.