Younger wanting to be older
Older wanting to be young
Child wishing to be bigger
Bigger wishing to be thinner
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Teen wanting a clearer face
Clearer face wanting a better body
People lamenting bad hair days
Bad hair days replaced with no hair days. . .
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We diss what we have
Wish for what we lack
When what we have is gone
Oh, what we'd give to have it back!
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Youthful desires for future yearning
Future bearing down like a train
Elders' memories of past unnerving
Hit by a train never the same
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Mark Toney © 2020
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10/6/2020 - Poetry form: Free verse
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Seems like we're never satisfied. If you're an adolescent you want to be an adult. If you're older you want to be younger. And on and on and on. Whay can't we just be content and enjoy what we have at any given time?