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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2010-08-21 01:56 PM

Sixty’s waiting just around the corner…
Thirty, half a lifetime in the past:
I’ve learned to savor every gasp of living,
And try to treat each one like it’s the last.

The rodeo exists in faded memories-
My health and “try” have vanished with the years,
I wouldn’t take a million for the roads that I have seen-
And the pleasure they provided, oft interspersed with tears.

I never thought I’d reach the age of fifty-
Thirty even caused a lot of doubt…
There are an awful lot of things that I’d do differently this time…
And some things I bought too dearly, that I could do without.

I treasure every breath that I am given,
And pass along each lesson that I’ve learned;
But, sadly, I see my advice unheeded…
And youngsters burning bridges I once burned.

So “live and learn” go hand in hand together-
And lessoned taught by history are spurned:
So give each day your all, you are riding for a fall-
And butter only comes from cream that’s churned.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2010-08-21 10:01 PM

Enjoyed...James

easy1
Senior Member

since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

2 posted 2010-08-22 03:33 AM

This is a serious subject, which makes the last line here so forced as to be lol good. I am not sure if "lessoned" is an intentional blend of lessons and lessened, but it fits well in place.

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

3 posted 2010-08-24 07:40 PM

A nice piece. As for young people making mistakes and refusing to take advice from their elders, hasn`t it always been so? As my father says this is their time and their time for change - for the good or the better.

Jesse Jaymz
Senior Member

since 2000-01-24

Posts 708
Youngstown, ohio

4 posted 2010-08-25 01:00 PM

But, sadly, I see my advice unheeded…
And youngsters burning bridges I once burned.

I have so been there. Both doing the burning and doing the warning. Very nice piece.

Sunkissed
Senior Member

since 2002-12-03

Posts 610

5 posted 2010-08-25 01:18 PM

The rare youth it is that takes advice from the experienced. Oh, the pains they would avoid if heeded.

Enjoyed!

~Sunkissed

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