Sweet bird of youth are you <br />As charm has no age <br />No does beauty <br />Except in the quality of its 'earned' antiqueness <br />If we speak of a tangible thing... <br />But in the ageless beauty of people, <br />Developed through their existence <br />Enumerated by the turning of calendar pages, <br />I sy to you <br />Forget your numbered years except to mark <br />Them by your wisdom and in the strength <br />Of knowing yourself... <br />Where age has become friend... <br />A gift <br />Wrapped in your smile <br />And tied in the warmth of your hand shake. <br />Numbers are but dates marked by birthday candles <br />Or time on clocks and watches <br />Or answers on calculators <br />Or dialed for telephone conversations <br />Or to measure, somehow, one's worth <br />In dollars and cents... <br />Live as though born yesterday or today <br />With a whole worl of things to do before you! <br />With the value of your knowledge, <br />Laugh, enjoy! <br />God smiles on you! <br />Sweet bird of youth, <br />Click your heels while the rest of your aged world <br />Takes to their rocking chairs!<br /><br />A Poet Who Loves To Sing ....AlvesHolmes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sweet-bird-of-youth-dedicated-to-mrs-mary-murray/
