Youth II
Youth slowly sneaking up on me. Older generations slowly disengaging. All my youth is fading.
Jason Ridpath
SourceLicence:Public domain
Youth slowly sneaking up on me. Older generations slowly disengaging. All my youth is fading.
Three short lines carry a quiet unease about time. The speaker feels youth is "sneaking up" on them, which is an odd phrase, since youth is usually something you leave behind. It suggests the speaker is only now noticing what youth was, or how much of it they have, just as it begins to go.
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