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Today I’m 25 again, my mind wiped clean from years of stain.
Enthusiasm back inside , looking forward to the ride
My step springs with youthful hope, for future plans I don’t yet know
To jump the hedge and vault the gate , to race along to unknown date
A heart that’s free ,that knows no fear the sun of youth that shines so clear.
All choice is now in front of me my mind my own, I can be free.
Excited, running down the lane, body free of aches and pains
That age and accident brings on , shouting out and singing song.
No thought of actions going forth , but random turns with random thought.
Paths to take with no clear end, let’s see what’s round the next few bends.
Close my eyes now , dream away , think not of the next new day
Or where I was or where I’ve been , or what would be the next new scene.
Revelling in the course of youth , look back in envy , and that’s the truth
We may be old and wiser now, it all slipped by . I don’t know how.
25/08/2021 11:50-12:15
Stephen Gospage
Thu 26th Aug 2021 17:32
The last verse is quite poignant.