Young And Old



You are young.
I am old.
You are hot.
I am cold.

Your hair is black.
Mine is white.
My skin is loose.
Yours is tight.

You go from flower to flower.
 I stick to one.
You have many choices.
 I have none.

But listen, my friend.
After the bloom.
When the passion is past.
Death cometh at last.
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Written on February 18, 2023

Submitted on February 18, 2023

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XXDD
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 292
Words 77
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

JAVED RAHMAN

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  • pauljoe77
    I really like this poem. I have this type of conversation with my grand kids. I love the last verse. When all the passion is gone there’s not much to go on for.
    LikeReply1 year ago

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