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qtpieelmo
Senior Member

since 2000-07-04

Posts 989
Sesame Street :) hee hee ,NY

0 posted 2001-08-03 11:36 PM

CLINGING TO YOUTH!

Clinging to youth,
as the last strings fall away.
Stuck somewhere in the middle,
though wanting to hang back & stay.
Like a VCR fowarding fast.
Pause, slow motion, rewind,
not quite as easy to make it last.
Why can't we go back,
to when life was simple?
When a day felt like a week,
When we'd get up real early,
& leap to our feet.
When we had time to stop & laugh,
to smell a flower,
or watch some ants march past.
We're now too busy rushing,
getting into a crash,
where life may be taken,
in an instant, a flash.
So take your time now,
savor scenery as you drive by.
Don't forget to laugh,
& never be afraid to cry.
Don't lose the child at heart,
live as free as you please.
Go crazy, get silly,
hug all of the trees!!

LOVE ELMO <3

[This message has been edited by qtpieelmo (edited 08-03-2001).]

Jessica

Member

since 2001-06-28

Posts 350
South AL

1 posted 2001-08-05 03:43 AM

The ending made me laugh! And I loved the part about the VCR - never thought about it that way... Clever comparison there!

I loved this... Keep it up!

~Jess

qtpieelmo
Senior Member

since 2000-07-04

Posts 989
Sesame Street :) hee hee ,NY

2 posted 2001-08-05 12:35 PM

Thanx!!--

Yea I tried to keep it silly & child-like, I'm the biggest kid in the world & I never want to grow up--lol--I tried my vcr remote on my life, but it just didn't work

so I just wanted everyone to know that so they won't have to try it themselves--lol--LOVE ELMO <3

EagleOne
Member Elite

since 2000-03-07

Posts 2829
Between a laugh and a tear...

3 posted 2001-08-10 10:37 AM

Something we shall all relate to one day. I enjoyed this, thanks.

"Let me pierce the realm of glamour
So I know just what I am." ~ Van Morrison

qtpieelmo
Senior Member

since 2000-07-04

Posts 989
Sesame Street :) hee hee ,NY

4 posted 2001-08-10 03:56 PM

Yea--Thanx Eagle--It happened to me when I started college & moved away from everything familiar & I just wanted to freeze everything

LOVE ELMO <3

LadyPeach1
Member

since 2001-06-04

Posts 282

5 posted 2001-08-11 07:33 AM

Oh my gosh! That was such a good poem. I just LOVED the ending! It is such a cute poem and it brought a big smile on my face. This is just what I needed to read this morning because something happened and I have been balling my eyes out! So this was great and it cheered me up BIG TIME! It is people like you that come on here and write stuff like this to brighten others day and bring a little sunshine there way! Thanks.

LadyPeach1

qtpieelmo
Senior Member

since 2000-07-04

Posts 989
Sesame Street :) hee hee ,NY

6 posted 2001-08-11 09:16 AM

Awe Don't cry Lady ~bighugz~ Well I'm glad my poem helped ya a 'lil & if u ever need some1 to talk to I'm always here--Thanx--You made my day brighter too