When I was a younger man <br />I laid out a master plan to live forever young on this evergreen land <br />All the fruits of labor I could savor each flavor <br />Over and over and my tastes wouldn’t waiver <br />Warm breeze after breeze would freeze <br />The hot summer days and cool shades into my memories <br />Sunsets would never be done yet, unless <br />My eyes were hungry enough to take one rest <br /> <br />But the years dragged on <br />Jets lagged on bored with the sky fumbling paper bags on <br />Crisp suit after suit with matching briefcase and boot <br />Shuffled here and there as noisy as a mute <br />Doldrums in cauldrons of troubling frays <br />Took the green away and replaced it with mostly grays <br />I felt smarter and sharper but sadder and madder <br />I was eyes without a face and hands without a ladder <br /> <br />I was forced to partake <br />Of the empty star fakes and feel the bitter heartaches <br />Everywhere I looked was in decay without any delay <br />Friends, family, and enemies of the state <br />I thought I hit the top and the trip would go down <br />So now, time won’t slow down no way and know how <br />The soul cutter in the drab gutter got duller and duller <br />I didn’t think I’d ever again see any color <br /> <br />Precious love, this life <br />Been nice in day and night but I wouldn’t want to go at it twice <br />I loved my lovers and bugged all of the buggers <br />That tap danced their answers around Savion Glover <br />Learned a lot of lessons and even taught a few <br />Was changed the view I had of living and brought a new <br />Cut scene to screen in this waking dream <br />I know I won’t live forever but at least I can see the green<br /><br />P.R. Prosper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/deleon/
