I WAS YOUNG - September 2009

I looked the age

I played the part

I did it well

Or so I thought

Then everything came crashing down

I realized I was young

I had a life

I called my own

I danced for nights

I knew my rights

Then life became a sudden frown

I realized I was young

For days and days I had it all

Everything was always just a call

I longed for pleasure, fame and style

I fought for more, all the while

Then the pain and tear drops stung

I realized I was young

I’d lived for years without a care

I’d given all I’d had, for all

I’d loved them well, with all my heart

And sure I was, I knew it all

My life was a melody to be sung

My youth like a harp to be strung

Then why did things come crashing down?

And why did life become a frown?

Why had the pain and tear drops stung?

Why was every emotion, out of me, wrung?

I realized I was young