by Joyce Bueter

Created on: June 10, 2010

Youth, where did you go?

You took the sparkle from my eyes

The shine from my hair

You took the blush from my cheeks

You left my soul lying bare

Where are the passions that once raged

Where are the lips longing for love

What else did you take

when you silently slipped away

leaving loneliness in your wake

Oh youth, where have you gone

My yester years don’t seem so far away

But your absence is noticed

One day you were with me

Together we won every battle

Now I no longer wish to fight

I am content to sit and to watch

As the rest of the world contends for the gold

Oh youth where are you now

When I need you so

You found someone much younger?

Ahhh –yes, I know.

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