Poem # 255 Wise with Age

  

As a child, I wanted it all,

Everything in sight, mine to be hauled;

I did not know, life wasn’t a free-for-all,

All within my reach, no matter how big or small!

As a teenager, I wanted what I did not have,

I had learnt, the limit my ceiling had;

I knew now, that we were not all equal,

My actions would determine, my life’s sequel.

As an adult, I wanted what I could attain,

Thoughtful buys, till my earnings drained;

I was now privy, to live within my means,

Nostalgically I cherished, my carefree teens!

As I grew older, thoughts matured with age,

Travel and experiences, was where I spent my wage;

Things I had amassed, could be lost in a split second,

What mattered most, was how I grew over time as a person!

Finally old, my time short, I unlock the wise secret,

I had wasted my life over the trivial, to my regret;

All that remains of us, once we are dead & gone,

Are memories of our kind acts, to strangers and those we have known!