Youthful
My youthful days were filled with joy
My heart was young and carefree
The world was so kind and meek
Yet now I sit alone with my grey hair
My heart has slowed down its beats
My mind has forgotten many memories of old
Now I gaze upon the young and weep
For my heart longs to be young ones more
Death awaits for my breath to depart for my lips
It whispers in my ear on cold nights when I lay in bed
Silently I plea with death make me young ones more
Take me and bestow upon me a new heart and flesh
Yet death looks upon my face and I am no more

I Fear Life
I fear life
When it seeks to destroy me
I fear life
When it fills me with worries
I fear life
As joy departs from my soul
I fear life
When doubts have consumed me
I fear life
When it fails to provide me comfort
I fear life
When I witness death around me
But most of all I fear the unknown

I Am Not Simply
I am not simply flesh and blood
I am not simply a descended of some ape
I am not simply an unimportant being
I am not simply a machine
I am not simply gone when I am dead
I am a human with feelings, a heart and a soul

Old Age
My flesh has no warmth or smoothness to it
My heart beats have slowed down their rhythm
Time has passed me by so quickly
My memories of youth have faded from my mind
My wife has died and my offspring long gone
My ageing body feels weak and ill
I sit in my chair all day long and slowly fade away
And when my breath departs from my lips
I shall fade along with the wind