Something that is catching me. it is closer everyday. Do you like this.?

Question:"young again"

Where is the man I used to be,
in the mirror, each day I'd see.
My youth has left, passed me by,
sometimes I break, I sit and cry

The time you get it flies so fast,
all my best years,are in my past.
I've just one year,so hard to think,
my fifty years gone, in just a blink.

The legs that let me runs so fast,
how many times they wore a cast.
My memory now is not so hot,
the golden years are all I've got.

At times I think I'm whole again,
then stop and think; where I've been.
All those friends we swore we'd try,
and all of those lies, no sad goodbye.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: "young again"

Where is the man I used to be,
in the mirror, each day I'd see.
My youth has left, passed me by,
sometimes I break, I sit and cry

The time you get it flies so fast,
all my best years,are in my past.
I've just one year,so hard to think,
my fifty years gone, in just a blink.

The legs that let me runs so fast,
how many times they wore a cast.
My memory now is not so hot,
the golden years are all I've got.

At times I think I'm whole again,
then stop and think; where I've been.
All those friends we swore we'd try,
and all of those lies, no sad goodbye.

You are as old as you may feel,
That's what the people say.
Last week I felt like twenty five,
And tried to act that way.
Today I pay for folly great,
My pain is quite surreal.
For after acting twenty five,
One hundred now I feel.

This is amazing! I got sad at how old I felt reading this. That is awesome. Thanks

Wow, I love it.
Very nice work:)

amazing how we age in different ways...when i was younger than i am now i was very serious and shy and pretty mature for my age...now I'm just like a little kid! lol and you should know bro! i like this one alot Steve...thank you for showing me so downs about aging...
~grasshopper

Creeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkk! Goodgrief, feel that poem waaaaay down deep in my bones. Not meant to rhyme, just came out that way! LOL. 50 staring at me across the way so this poem certainly had quite a bit of what I feel now.

thanks for sharing

Let us hope that the best is yet to come.

The first two verses work very well
but there is a bit of desperate rhyming creeping in for the third verse- fast/cast
The legs with (on) which I used to run
No longer strong, those days are done.

I don't understand the 'All those friends we swore we'd try' line
How are you using the word 'try' - as in being very trying, or in the sense of 'use'? - Does it mean
All of those friends I had we swore that we would try to stay together. I know you will say, well poetry should leave some questions unanswered (or summat) - but the question needs to be clear first.
then stop and think; where have I been?
I'm sure I've got a few poems tucked away about getting older and the speed with which it occurs. So, just make sure you don't waste any of them.....you've a long way to go to catch me up.
Bye

I liked it a lot. Although I didn`t like being in a cast twice.