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katahdin
Senior Member

since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

0 posted 2010-07-25 04:44 AM

We were all perfect once
and we didn't even know it
This comes to mind when I look back
when I was young and fit

The complaints of my youth
seem trivial now
I would welcome them back
if I only knew how

To be young again, full of life
That youthfull glow
But time has sped by
Where did it all go

My mind is still young
but my shell grows old
My memory's still sharp
but my body won't do as it's told

When I look back again
In the next few years
What will I see then
Will I still have the same fears

I was perfect once again
and I didn't even know it!

N|D|N|C|Lost-Poet
Member

since 2009-07-30

Posts 360
New Orleans

1 posted 2010-07-25 05:13 AM

Who says you aren't perfect now?

Beautifully captured.

katahdin
Senior Member

since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

2 posted 2010-07-25 05:20 AM

Thanks Lost-Poet. We are all perfect in our own imperfect way.
Kat >^..^<

OldBuddyOldPal
Member

since 2008-12-15

Posts 87

3 posted 2010-07-25 06:43 AM

My mind is still young
but my shell grows old
My memory's still sharp
but my body won't do as it's told

Amen!!

katahdin....perfect response!

katahdin
Senior Member

since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

4 posted 2010-07-25 07:13 AM

Thanks Old Buddy Old Pal
Kat >^..^<

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

5 posted 2010-07-25 10:52 AM

That's it Karen, we never know, or really appreciate something, until its gone do we?

Take me for instance, I'm a nobody.

But wait, nobody's perfect right?

See, you were right, and this was, perfect.
Nice to meet you, this was great!

Richard xx

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2010-07-25 01:53 PM

My body may not be what it once was but I have so much more wisdom and understanding now. Maybe there are different kinds of perfection.
Ida

The Sky is Imagination
Junior Member

since 2010-07-09

Posts 25
OK, US

7 posted 2010-07-25 03:41 PM

Really insightful. I think everyone looks back on past parts of their lives longingly, no matter what age they are. It's all part of the perfect imperfection that humans are.

katahdin
Senior Member

since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

8 posted 2010-07-25 07:11 PM

Thanks Richy, Marchmadness, and The Sky is Imagination. When I was a little girl and got into trouble I would scream "I'm not perfect!"
Kat >^..^<

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

9 posted 2010-07-26 07:59 AM

it's interesting that our perspectives are always changing, and yet we often hold on to ideals of ourselves that really weren't as ideal as we are now...or may be tomorrow.

enjoyed the read

Eldest
Member

since 2010-06-15

Posts 177
Alabama

10 posted 2010-07-26 10:22 AM

Perfection, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. As the country songs says "I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was"

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

11 posted 2010-07-26 10:39 AM

Good thoughts, I like, latearrival.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

12 posted 2010-07-27 07:02 AM

thanks Kattahdin for the pertinent and beautiful words, childhood has its beauty and truthes that alas we forget, we should see the world through child eyes the more we can...Enjoyed my read.

yann

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