February 7, 2021
NEED A THEME
TO THINK ABOUT?
TO THINK ABOUT?
Youth and aging jump off the page.
You can hear it in many a song as well.
It sells clothes and hopes and fantasies.
It sells shoes and styles and dreams.
The young want to look older.
The older hope they look young.
The young talk about weekends.
The old talk about health.
Clocks tick. Calendars turn.
Too many tomorrows and yesterdays
have come and gone and it’s smart
to make today to make sense.
The young get stuck in the future;
the old get suck in the past; and
surprise, Shakespeare’s sonnets and
Willie Nelson finally make a lot of sense.
You can hear it in many a song as well.
It sells clothes and hopes and fantasies.
It sells shoes and styles and dreams.
The older hope they look young.
The young talk about weekends.
The old talk about health.
Too many tomorrows and yesterdays
have come and gone and it’s smart
to make today to make sense.
the old get suck in the past; and
surprise, Shakespeare’s sonnets and
Willie Nelson finally make a lot of sense.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021
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