twenty four oceans
twenty four skies
twenty four failures
twenty four tries
twenty four finds me
in twenty-fourth place
twenty four drop outs
at the end of the day
life is not what I thought it was
twenty four hours ago
…but if aging were so valuable, why do people always say, “oh, if i were young again.” you never hear people say, “i wish i were sixty-five.”
he smiled. “you know what that reflects? unsatisfied lives. unfulfilled lives. lives that haven’t found meaning. because if you’ve found meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back. you want to go forward. you want to see more, do more. you can’t wait until sixty-five.
