by The Avenging Angel

Created on: April 04, 2009   Last Updated: April 28, 2009

Growing Up Gracefully

There was a time I had begun to think

That youth was wasted on the young.

Now that I had time to do things,

Doing them wasn't as much fun.

But then my eyes were opened,

Had a brand new revelation, too

I realized for the very first time,

I could do whatever I wanted to do.

So instead of wishing to go skating,

Or swimming once more in the surf.

I found a lot of fun things to do,

Right here on my own turf.

I've already traveled all over the world,

Been north, south, east and west.

Now, I've settled myself in the very place.

That I feel suits me the best

And, I can continue to move around

Freely from place to place.

Because I am blessed to be able

To take trips in cyberspace.

That's why I feel so highly-favored.

Well loved and very much blessed.

Cause I can continue to trek around

Right here on this Internet!

And of all the things I love in my life,

The most important things,

Are loving my family and my friends

And all the pleasure and bliss that brings.

I love to cook, I love to write,

Play the piano keyboard and pc.

I make web pages for fun and profit

And of course, I write poetry.

Yes, my life is full and passionate,

I no longer feel my youth was wasted.

It prepared me to be who I am today,

It's like my old life was cut and pasted.

Into this new mold that was formed

To spread abounding joy and love,

So my blessings would continue

To flow from up above.

You see life has many lessons, and

If we're lucky enough to learn them,

We can experience great joy and peace,

And know we really earned them.

See, I had to learn to forgive my enemies

Although that was very hard at times.

But I wanted God to forgive me,

For all those sins of mine.

And the hardest thing of all I guess

The duty I could not shirk

Was to learn to forgive myself.

That took a lot of work.

I believe if I was any happier,

And if I felt any more alive.

I'd think I had gone to heaven,

Gone to heaven and died.

So, the lesson here for me was

You don't grow old gracefully.

You just grow up, finally grow up.

And become who you were meant to be.

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