Stronger, Faster, Younger. <br />In my prime of life. <br />No use for strife. <br />More need for a wife. <br /> <br />Stronger, Faster, Younger. <br />When the day was long. <br />Not knowing right from wrong. <br />Singing a working mans song. <br /> <br />Stronger, Faster, Younger. <br />My midlife crisis will pass. <br />Winter brown on dead grass. <br />Retirement just out of grasp. <br /> <br />Weaker, Slower, Older. <br />I was given a slip today. <br />More so to just go away. <br />Silver hair a dull grey. <br /> <br />Weaker, Slower, Older. <br />No more working mans hunger. <br />Replaced like lightning to thunder. <br />By someone Stronger, Faster, Younger.<br /><br />Gulliver Gimble<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stronger-faster-younger/