I once had youth <br />But it has gone <br />Somewhere the sun <br />Has never shone, <br />I seek it like <br />A long lost fable, <br />In dark lofts <br />When I am able. <br /> <br />It must be hid <br />In pills and lotions, <br />Facial creams <br />And magic potions, <br />Once I had <br />Both youth and grace, <br />A spritely form <br />And fair of face. <br /> <br />But then some evil <br />Goblin, Elf <br />Came by and took <br />Youth for itself, <br />I woke one day <br />Like Rip van Winkle, <br />Shoulders bowed <br />And skin all wrinkled. <br /> <br />So now I peer <br />In empty jars <br />Inject botox <br />To hide my scars, <br />And ban all mirrors <br />From reflecting <br />What my youth <br />Has long been wrecked in. <br /> <br />But youth it hides <br />In years long past <br />So I’ll not find <br />The truth at last… <br />That youth was never <br />What it seemed, <br />But some sad dream <br />A dreamer dreamed. <br /> <br />13 May 2013<br /><br />David Lewis Paget<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/some-sad-dream/
