FAITH, NATURE & INSPIRATIONAL

WHAT IS YOUTH?

WHAT IS YOUTH?



What is youth? Youth is a force
That knows no direction.
It goes after its heart and
Rejects contradiction.

What is youth? Youth is a leaf
Plucked off the parent stem.
It knows not whither to go.
It has no stratagem.

What is youth? Youth is a farce,
A show of a dandy:
Jeans and tattoos, hippy hair,
Chewing gum and candy.

What is youth? Youth is the strength
That can change a nation.
It wards off the enemy
In war operation.

What is youth? Youth is the will
To kiss death as its dear;
The same death which the aged
Do so mortally fear.



* Written in abcb 7-6-7-6 format

* Written for "Invalid Item" , Take My Phrase, Please: Round 18



M C Gupta
27 September 2006