#81 Age - To be young again

I don't want to be young again.



I don't want to be young again,

because I try not to forget there were bad things about being young



To have to still be doing work I don't care for

To still be embarrassed about not getting drunk

To be ashamed to develop talents

To have to relive teenage mood swings

To not yet be really thinking for myself.



Yeah, I don't really want to be young again,

because I'd have to undo so much of my life



I'd have to un-meet so many good friends

To re-spend all those hours working hard

To have to forget so many memories

To be bored for all those hours

While I may not have a spare moment these days, I think I like it that way



Because, honestly, the reason I don't want to be young again

Is because, even though I know 21 is still young, when I start wanting to be younger, I stop wanting to get older



If I feel like my best days are behind me

If I add a rose-tinted filter to all days past

Then I would probably stop trying right now.

Part of me does want to be young again

But much more of me wants to find out what happens next.

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