Too Old and Too Young

I'm too old for nonsense and wasting my time

On other people's needs unsuited with mine

I'm too young for griping, I'm too young for other's ilk 

That destroys my calm and clouds my natural will

I'm too old for biased emotions, I'm too young for fake sentiment 

I'm stubborn to my own ways which are always to compliment

Myself among others for all our best benefit

Without unneeded grief or burdens of resentments

I'm too old to belittle, I'm too young to disrespect

My elders, my betters, or another's intellect

I'm too old for pity parties, I'm too old for lost causes

I'm too young to be discredited for charlatans applause

That never make better, that only cause regret

For anyone who joins their disturbing bets 

I'm too old to listen to a disgrace to my learning

I'm too young to care if someone else is less discerning

As I in my knowledge defending only myself 

Not trying to interpret or be anyone else

Except me who's too old to discredit another life

Too young to harbor them ill will or petty strife

Too old to let others drag me out of my level

Just young enough to know we could all live better

Being too old to curse our own lives

Too young to give in to gripes and false prides

That's only a ploy to make someone else happy

Leaving the rest of us confused and bound angry

To a narrow opinion of who, what we should be

Who don't give two cents if we're contented or free

I'm too old to polish old ways of the past

I'm too young to believe that there's nothing that last

I'm too old to forsake human decency 

And too young to give up the want of all things

That make everyday worth every breath that is breathed

That feeds every hope and appreciates what's received 

From being too old to accept anyone else's judgements

And being too young to believe their condemnations

That taught me what I know about being too young

And showed me being too old is how life is enough.

Jade Jaspers