Youth is wasted on the young

I don’t want to say good bye yet

Please I have only begun

To understand your value and know how we can have fun

I know I never appreciated you, or it may have seemed like I did not care

In truth I suppose I never even notice you there.

It is only now you are leaving I want to grab you with both hands

Oh why does this have to be part of the bigger plan?

I have begun to make noises when I get up off a chair

And yes, I have even spotted the odd grey hair

Time did not wait, and it seems it was true

That it was only when you were gone, that I would truly miss you

Empty promises broken by lotions and potions that promise you will come back

Oh youth can’t you see when I had you it was maturity I lacked.

Now that you are leaving, only now I can clearly see

How beautiful you were when you were with me.

Each hot flush a reminder that you are will never return

The candle at both ends I can no longer burn

Hello to the new me, the one I promise myself to embrace

To the next good-bye I will not race.