Ships

It all seems so obvious
so alive, so simple
awaiting the right words
the right chord
the right key
And so clear, objectively
the failure of age
who could not have seen
the obvious and yet
end in such defeat
Yes, I remember youth
perhaps too well
only yesterday morning
all the answers seen
it seemed, but one
That which, to you now
is 'old hat', dated, trite
to me was (is) new
as your newness
will passé become
May I live through you
such exuberant taste
as spiced my once was
rekindling what remains
my self in thanks.

- Paul Malécot