Though I’m not young and fair
\nby cricketjeff on December 29, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nBefore I knew myself, before my hair was grey
\nI did not understand that life was underway.
\nThe choices offered me were easy to ignore;
\nI thought that I would be as young for evermore.<\/p>\n
The years have passed me by and now I come to see
\nThe chances that I missed may well have set me free
\nIt seems I was a fool to always be so sure
\nI thought that I would be as young for evermore.<\/p>\n
But now I’ve found my feet, to offer life a chance.
\nPerhaps it’s not too late to try to join the dance
\nAlthough I missed these years, I’ve others left in store
\nI thought that I would be as young for evermore.<\/p>\n
So now I say to you, I offer you my hand.
\nI’ll be a happy man if you will understand
\nThat I have chosen you to worship\u00a0 and adore –
\nI wish that I could be this young for evermore.<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nIn Alexandrines as a mirror of a poem by Elizabeth the First.<\/p>\n
I have slightly modified the title because I don’t see how you can mark the
\ncontest easily otherwise!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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