My son

TO MY SON 1980's

If I said to you
'I was young once'
Would you believe me?
'No'
For I am old
And when you're old
You're never young
For youth is new
And age is past

Yet my youth was more painful
Than your age
And my age was
Sweeter than your youth
For my youthful rage
Tore me apart
And left me cold
Without a heart

Then you came along
And I watched you grow
And with each day
I felt the pain
Return that I had left
Back there in my
Tormented youth
When I thought
Only I was young.