Young and ...

They always tell me

To be

Young and crazy

before I can be

Old and wise.

 

But if craziness

Consists of handling things

Sloppily when I know

A better way,

 

I'm out.

 

It is against my nature to make things less elegant than they

Can be.

 

So I will be

Young and wise

In spite of my disappointed

Friends.

In spite of the proud

Adults.

 

I will be wise because

It is a 

Part of me

 

I will be young because

I have that right

As well,

 

And now the only thing to

Figure out is the

Perfect melange of the

Two.

 

And when I find that,

I find

Myself.

This poem is about: 
Me
My family
My community
My country
Our world

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