With Reckless Abandon

Youth is filled with energy and power,

Unfortunately, it feels like it only lasted an hour.

Back in the day, I shot off like a canon;

Today I realize that it was with reckless abandon.

I partied hard, stayed up all night;

Half the time, I was as high as a kite.

Now while it’s early, it’s off to the sack

To prevent an ache in my neck, hips, and back.

I used to live like there was no tomorrow,

Never returning the things that I would borrow;

Scoffing at my mother’s hands;

Protesting, professing, and taking stands.

I have surely learned in the hardest way;

That youth was never meant to stay.

I’m older now, I’ve grown wiser;

I’ve lived with reckless abandon as life’s appetizer.

There is so much more that I could have done

If only I just stopped to think;

No, but I was so busy, causing quite a stink.

I am however glad I’ve grown older, because life has grown colder.

Now I can warn my kids, like my mother before me;

That reckless abandon catches up with you,

If you’re lucky enough to live and see.