wisdom aged longer than time
takes my youth beyond my place
and wears on this restless mind
to live for more and achieve less
the quickening entropy of consciousness
feeds the urge to find peace
above and beyond this earthly trap
which clings like a ghastly prison
patience, the virtue persisting
that holds the ego in anxious limbo
my long life beckons with promise
the present moment holds truth
and I, the dreamer and excited pilgrim
must venture onward into uncertainty
blessed with insight beyond our years
armed with the gifts self-bestowed
holding eternal the calm ideal
and carry on in present reality
until manifested are all my dreams
and paradise is mine to enjoy
for all time
forever
