I'm Too Young to be Old - Rhea Pliakas

Poetry takes you places and Rhea's poems are no exception. Musing on the soft and hard realities of life, "I'm Too Young" transports readers from their own childhood memories to the change of seasons and into contemplation of life and death.

Our Generation Several Miles Away

Several miles away

We are All Getting Older

Truth be told

We didn't think

We would last forever

And a Day

But we hoped

We knew This Day

Would Come

But hoped it Was

Just a bit farther Away

To Touch it Again

The children in the playground

Do you remember them

They were ours

The Babies the Toddlers

Now the Women and Men

We birthed Them

When you get more tired out

Then you think we would

Or Should

Several miles Away

The wonder of it

It happened so fast

It was only yesterday

A Generation gone by

Think of it then

And travel the Miles

Along the way

The route was long

And Sometimes

Weary

But we are not

Yet Done

Nor even on the run

For the next will come

And we will be there

To Share

The Joys

The Laughs

The Death That Lasts

In our Memories

Strong and Mighty

Along the Way

And the Tales 

We will Tell

Yes

Today