I'm twenty three

Young, wild and free

Youth is a fleeting dream

Only to be rudely awakened at thirty-five

Just to realize that all the pleasures you bought into were a lie

But I’m twenty-three

Still learning to breathe

Still learning to see myself for I truly am

I guess I’m just like this poem

Free on verses

But revert to rigid rhythms

Just to make people listen

See I did it

But you hardly noticed: guess you weren’t listening

Or reading

But don’t forget

I’m twenty-three

My future still a beautiful dream

Tranquil on the outside but not as calm as it seems

So I guess I am a simile

As and like

Comparisons

Comparing my selves to others

Like teenage boys in adolescence

Till my identity and essence

I got lost in the crowd in an attempt to fit in.

 

But don’t forget

I’m still twenty-three

With the face, I had since when I was sixteen

And believed that first love, at first sight, meant first and last

But instead,

First love was the first to go at last

For what it is worth

You said forever, but it didn’t last

But past is past

I’m still twenty-three

Still yet to know what it means to be free

Still, a lot to achieve

But at least I can express myself through poetry

Through metaphors and similes

The art has become an artist.

The storyteller becomes the story

That’s me

At least I’m my own person, not a wannabe 

But I am twenty-three

This youth a fleeting dream

So, soon I would be thirty-five

Teaching my kids how to live right

To realize, that the truth is free when you don’t buy lies.

 

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