50 People - 21 Poem by Raj Dronamraju

21

You are young and it is easy to be young
When I was young, it was hard to be young
How I envy the ease of youth

You are young and everything goes your way
When I was young, nothing went my way
How I envy how things go the way of your youth

And your parents caught you having sex with your girlfriend
They could hear you all the way out in the front yard
They weren't supposed to be home until later

And my parents caught me silently hating them
But they didn't seem to care as this was no secret
At the first chance, I got out

And you are young and you are beautiful
And I met someone who envied the beauty of your youth
We held one another and interrupted each other's sad fables with kisses