Youth! Poem by Pius beeps Adamu

Youth! The promise of thousand tomorrows.
Youth! The strength and pride of a nation.
Youth! The Herculean fellows.
Youth! The centre of  attraction.

I write these  lines as a youth.
Dimmed from the dark nights of untruth.
Soon I shall face the humour of old age.
And someday my part shall end on this stage.
Will I be scorned as I've scorned?
When I lay dead will I be mourned?  

Here I sit in this room so warm and uncouth.
And wonder a million times the strength of youth.