Never noticed Time fly Beautiful springs and autumns passed me by, Fooling and goofing around with naive eyes I didn't know how to whistle at twenty-five.
Life greeted me in a suit and a tie And introduced you with a hue and a cry. As lightning struck my heart, I swear I died. And you were me and I was you till thirty-five.
You used to be beautiful as the sky. Your fount of allure has run dry. Your nagging has sapped my strength to be nigh. You smothered my song at forty-five.
To mourn your demise I did try. To be happy, I learned to live and let die. Not giving a **** about wives and wifis, I started whistling at fifty-five.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first draft of this poem is a bit sad. I usually come up with a second one to make it's tone lighter. Here's the original :
Never noticed Time fly Beautiful springs and autumns passed me by. Longing for a hug with pleading eyes, I didn't know how to whistle at twenty-five.
Promised life from up on High, I saw dreams and people die. I did nothing but cry and cry; Forgot about whistling at thirty-five.
People I yearned for were distant as the sky. Traded ideas of the ideal for company and lies. Founts of Hope running dry, Didn't want to whistle at forty-five.
To make peace with it all, I did try. To live, I learned to let go with a sigh. Understanding not the what and the why, I learned to whistle at fifty-five.
{I wrote this when I was 25 - two years ago but haven't posted it. Feels good to be back here again}