Perennial Youth
Oh the days of summer will soon be upon us
To warm us and fill us with joy
Those bright sunny days and cool starlit nights
So sweetly our spirits they buoy
Gone through a bunch of these halcyon days
At my age I should be blasé
No matter the number each one's still a joy
Like my very first summer's day
What wonders this dear old world still creates
Each year after year without fail
The predictors of doom keep warning us guys
But still a new summer we hail
So now that I've reached my senior years
I've come to realize a truth
With many triumphs and some sad events
Life shares a perennial youth
© Jack Ellison 2013
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