Of ageing heroes and heroines the praises many do sing <br />But here's to all young people for youth's a blissful thing <br />The present is what matter and the past has forever gone <br />We cannot live a second youth and time is ticking on <br />Our biological clocks are ticking and we cannot turn back time <br />And it is downhill physically from peak of our life's prime <br />From our mid thirties it is downhill at least physically wise anyway <br />Just like 'tis said about the dog every dog have their day, <br />The years go by so quickly time for anyone does not wait <br />And to every life form on this Earth death cometh soon or late <br />The Land of Eternal Youth a mythological legend from Hibernia far away <br />But myths are just that only myths and as myths they do stay <br />Of ageing heroes and heroines many may choose to sing <br />But here's to all young people for youth's a blissful thing.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/youth-s-a-blissful-thing/
