this is just a poem in progress,
LAST NIGHTby gary

last night i shed the skin of my youth
i watched it fall off into the night
i saw youth grasping for one last breath
saying it's last prayer
in a last ditch attempt to practic religion
can you imagine this striking vision
youth reminded me of 21 years past
and i said all good things don't last
remember all those good times we had
the stuff we didn't tell mom and dad
i said "'ll never forget you
i'm not completely losing you
see were not through
it's just the time has come to add onto you"
but that stubborn youth wouldn't have it that way
another innocent kid shot down in his prime
most figured it was just his time
i guess i had to let youth go, dying in my arms
choices already made and i can't go back
youth was gasping, bleeding, pleading, sreaming
then silent, silence
and the sound of silence has never sounded so great
i saw the old me exposed,
and a new me arose
i'd seen the transition
in so many others who were in my same position
positioned against a world that begs to grow up
growed up to be a man
manned up to be responsible
responsibility has to start some time
everyone says it's time to take responsibility
i wanted to say foget taking it, i'll leave it on the shelf
with that old box of adulthood that cost 9-5
but instead i said youth get back, it's time to get on track
i tried to make college last
but soon it will be in the past
now i'm searching for a completion of youth
a search for my personal truth

part 2
i searched far and high
last night i caught myself looking up at the moonlit sky
i could see the 5 STARS shining bright
i began to hope i was one of those stars
that can show their light to others
and guide them away from the darkness of this world
some weren't given enough light in their youth
and stay blinded when they grow up
someone's got to open up these kid's eyes
so that they can see the light
my light shine bright
and even after my light burns out
you can still see my light for years and years
catch the light
last night