I
Dreamed I was Young
By: Lauren Jernberg
I
dreamed that I was young and full of life.
I
was in my prime running free.
No
responsibilities holding me back.
Never
worrying about what is ahead.
My
life once rich, like candy apples,
Has
fallen from the tree.
Growing
older every minute
Longing
for the youth we once had
I
have lived through many things.
Some
you wish you could forget or change.
You
wish to go back but can’t.
I
had a dream that I was young.
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I Dreamed that I was old
By: Stanley Kunitz
Fallen
from my prime, when company
Was
mine, cat-nimbleness, and green invention,
Before
time took my leafy hours away.
My
wisdom, ripe with body’s ruin, found
Itself
tart recompense for what was lost
In
false exchange: since wisdom in the ground
Has
no apocalypse or pentecost.
I
wept for my youth, sweet passionate young thought,
And
cozy women dead that by my side
Once
lay: I wept with bitter longing, not
Remembering
how in my youth I cried.
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