Who Says Wisdom Comes with Age
Oh How cute
What once was
What once made me so happy, life has rearranged
What once made so much sense, life has change
What once I had control of , life has taken back
What once I knew in my heart, life has broken to pieces
Today is a different day, because I once had what I knew I wanted
Today is a different day, because what I once had: has grown and moved away
Today is a different day, because what I once knew : life has taught a thing or two
Today is a different day, because what I once had : life has taken away
Today is a different day, because what I once filled my heart with: has been broken away
Happiness today is different than it once was
Happiness today is a smile on my face
Happiness today is comes piece by piece
Happiness today is more work than it once was
Happiness today is just out of reach
What once needed only a piece of the puzzle : now seeks the whole darn thing
What once was missing : didn't need to be found : now the search is to find me
What once was mediocre : is now not good enough
What once was all I needed : now I need more
What once was for everyone else : is a treasure hunt for me
I once believed that time was on my side: now I realize time is what I wasted
I once had patience and perseverance: now I stare at a blank page wondering where to begin
I once got joy from doing for others: I now struggle with doing for myself
I once had faith in myself: and now find questions in my heart
I once wanted support from others: but today want faith in myself
I once was young: today all is new and youth is not an excuse anymore
I once thought age was on my side: today age is not helping at all
I once thought I'll do it when I get older: today I am older and I am not doing it yet
I once thought that I would be there already: today I don't know how to get there from here
I once fought for others and today I fight for me.
Time?
Talk the Talk but Walk the Walk?
Advice is easily given, but following it is a road rarely traveled
Younger me could give advice all day long
Older me wishes I would have listened
Follow your dreams, never give up, never quite
Where was I when those words made sense to many
What was I thinking when I would encourage everyone, but me
When did my own words become a knife in my own back
Why were my younger years full of insight that I could not see
Left behind while watching other achieve their goals
Finding less and less advice to give, and no one to give it to
Age is working against the wisdom that should accompany it
Completely satisfied in most aspects of life : except the one that only I can fix
Without regrets only missed opportunities, my life is now my own
Digging down hard to hear the words that so long ago I shared with others
Finding it silently whispering in my heart: I reach a turning point
I can and will achieve: but what is it that I want to achieve
I ask myself this question as though I should know the answer
It all seemed so easy when all that was ahead of me was time
Time to find it, time to look for it, time to seek it, and time to achieve it
Time is no longer in my favor, but how much time do I need to believe again
I do not need permission to believe
I do not need support to achieve
I do not need others to walk that walk
I hear it loud and clear the road is talking to me again
I see it just over the hill and around that corner
I feel it bubbling in my heart
I never forgot what I love to do
I can walk the walk and talk the talk
I will discover me again
Shania Twain says it
Yee Ha
Our Time, Not yet, Then When
First comes marriage than comes children then comes dreams
First comes diapers, than comes talking and walking and no means no
First comes tie the shoes, get on the bus and go to school
First comes, school field trips, sports and music recitals
First comes, teen drama, driving lessons, and first dates
First comes, hormones, first love's and first heartbreaks
First comes, first jobs, moving out, then moving back in
First comes, son-laws, grand baby's, and in- laws
Wait a minute !
Second comes marriage, career changes, moving again
Second comes time earned for each other
Second comes overdo honeymoon, walking around nude, going on a whim
Second comes the golden years
Second comes semi retirement, hot rods, vacations
Second comes rocking in our rocking chair
Wait a minute!
Than comes dreams
Dreams put off for long enough
Than comes starting, not yet
Dreams will have to wait
Than comes try it again
Dreams are getting forgotten
Than comes learn to say no
Dreams are waiting
Than comes learn to say no louder
Dreams are getting lost
Wait a minute!
Now it's time
Remember those dreams
It's never too late
Now it's my time
Wait a minute!
Now it's our time
Time is all we have to worry about don't let it slip away!