Lost Youth

Your youth has gotten up and walked out the door
   For you to enjoy nevermore
Down the path of prolonged life you shall walk alone 
   and never again shall your youth pass by, no matter
   how hard you might cry

Before you could blink an eye the days
    had passed and your youth has deserted you
Taking along your hair, teeth and vision and
    leaving you with aches and pains and absolutely no clue.

Walking along you may feel a little discomfort 
     when it rains
Althought your youth has walked out on you, never
      fear you can always rely upon your trusty cane

They say the mind is the first to go and now you can speak
      as if you really know
As your youth and your memory are walking hand in hand
      down the road away from you

On the day when you think your life could not ever by any worse
      someone finds you wondering aimlessly around the 9th hole
Having forgotten why you were at your favorite club 
      knowing that is par for the course

Like an old friend who occasionally drops by
     your youth is only a memory away
If only you could remember when you last saw it
    and where you may have stored it for a rainy day

The road to the future is lonely and desolate completely
    devoid of your much missed youth and vigor
If you slow down and rest for very long the knocking you
    hear will most likely be rigor

Look around each corner and check each dark
   room before you lay down to sleep
Watch each step you take as you know everything
   you sow you must reap

Tick, tock, tick, tock, the clock is ticking and the timekeeper
   never rests
Your destiny may seem quite grim once you realize you
   cannot run from him