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Hey fellow Prosers! So my birthday is coming up and I am super excited! It's also got me thinking about age and how we all perceive it in different ways. So here's the challenge: write a poem about how we as a society view age or coming of age. Have fun and get writing! :)
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Vyxyn

It’s all about the numbers

It's interesting today how people

around the world view age

as if they themselves do not

grow older by the hour of the day.

Little do they know

that as each minute flows

Time and life are passing

At a breakneck pace!

A child of 5 thinks an 11yr old is a big kid.

An 11yr old thinks a 24yr old is old.

And a 24yr old thinks 50 is old.

There is a saying,

"that with age comes wisdom"

well that is not so true my darling.

For a man can grow to be 100 years

yet if he learns not to share love and

compassion then what good was his

time here?

Society looks at numbers

They judge by the wrinkles

Look beyond the wrinkles

See the lessons on my face.

The scars, the age spots,

If you take nothing else away from this

Then at least take this:

You do not live as a number, therefore

Live your life each moment to the limit

So that you will know that no matter how

Long or Short your stay is here you lived it and it was a full and happy life!

Now get out there and be free and live!