Benefits of Youth
lovely smile
fat free
no cellulite
porcelain skin
bronze tan
bikini body
she’s young. she’s flawless
staring at all of us here
on her social media page
today 20 and untouched
by the ravages of age and life
that look of having lived
absent from her eyes
some tomorrow we’ll
revisit this young beauty
to find that she has lost
all the benefits of youth
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Posted on July 15, 2015, in Poetry and tagged Benefits of Youth, DoubleU, John White, Poetry. Bookmark the permalink. 31 Comments.
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Love it!
Thank you! 🙂
I really like how you encapsule the fleeting benefits. Had you described her qualities, well those are unfading when good. Our youth fades though, and with it the benefits. Very nicely put.
Thank you, Ramsey! I’ve always heard that youth must be served and I suppose it must but in order to take advantage of youth you have to be in a hurry before it fades.
So true.
found her this morning
in my mirror
benefits of age
wisdom
lessons learned
peering out
eyes crinkled with
life lived hard but
well
Well said! And there she is many years later. How age changes us…
Love it keep it up
Thank you! 🙂
Your welcome
Oh lovely!
Thank you, Tejas!
Lovely, and as usual, true as well.
Thank you! 🙂
I can think of Mirror, anyone else?
There could be some similarities. It’s great to meet you!
The theme is similar but the feelings are so different and words so enchanting that it makes your poem a wonderful read.
Thank you, Dharmesh! 🙂
very nice – a profound thought explained using very few and brilliantly used words!
Thank you! You are far too kind!
Now that is all too true. Good job. Beauty is vain.
Thanks! Just as important, beauty fades. Inner beauty on the other hand…
I worked in a place where there was a very beautiful lady and some of the others were very jealous. One day one of the jealous ones said, “Beauty is only skin deep” to which she replied, “Yes, but ugly goes right to the bone.”
That’s the truth! LOL In fact, someone with a ugly attitude…well…that goes even deeper. 🙂
Nicely said John.
Thank you, Leslie! 🙂 It’s great to meet you!
Likewise, John
I am so honoured you took the chance to read my poem! You are a brilliant poet and will help me write more poetry, thank you!
Sophia xx
You’re welcome and thank you, Sophia! You’ve made my day. Of course, all writers gain a tremendous amount of inspiration by reading other writers and I’m sure I’ll gain a lot by reading yours. It’s great to meet you!
I’m really glad as I presume you’ve got a lot more writing experience that I have.
Sophia xx
I’m not sure really. I spent a lot of years dabbling and I would write only on very rare occasions but I never tried to be serious about it and make it habit. About two years ago I began to dedicate a lot more time to it and have sought a lot of feedback and it seems to be working though I have a long way to go. It is possible I’ve lived quite a few more years than you have too. lol