young...naive...curious
A piece i wrote some time back commenting on the progression of 'us' the way i see it.
Young. Naive. Curious
The zest to experience, create.....BE. LIVE......DREAMS!
Natural urges felt from a very young age. A kiss...one of the sweetest things to be experienced. The thrill of holding hands with the girl or boy one has been infatuated with for so long.
The hormones erratic. A sight of a nipple hard under the t-shirt.
Those beautiful long legs.....boys. He charmingly handsome so attentive.....girls
....the lustful look shared among the young.
There is a time and place for all, keeping it relevant and in context.
A natural progression of life. Those experiences leaving their scars on ones life, we like it or not.
The way we conduct ourselves toward our closest and others .....
A broken heart, a lie, an early success, a work disappointment, being sidelined, used, abused, loved, supported.
Each scar deeper, each accolade more proud of.
Learning through trial and error, marriage....divorce.....children or childless....employer......employee....rent....buy....invest.
At 15 thinking u know everything. At 20 realizing the potential is there to maybe have what u want....at 30 either one is making it or beginning to think " fuck this is not the way i saw it".....at 40 u question everything and begin to hate yourself and maybe the decisions u have made. At 50 u tired. At 60 u want out and the world must 'fuck off' with all its shit cause u have earned the right to your life.....no matter good of bad.
.....life.
Do i believe a 21 year old knows the wisdom of their choices made.
Most definitely not. Some of us were just luckier to have the guidance and support and opportunity to land up in better places than others.....and even then.....we here parents say
"If only i was your age now with the wisdom i have now."....and they not failures nor bad parents.
We should be ever learning and evolving creatures, for the better.
When it comes to ourselves as the human race.....i don't think that is possible....now i am being cynical and that is not in my nature... Yet.....we excel at war.....over and over....always looking to the degenerate part of our make-up....excusing it.
At 21 it is good to make mistakes but, even more important to have role models and the help of others to deal with those blows and help us come out less scarred than what could have been.
RB.
Young. Naive. Curious
The zest to experience, create.....BE. LIVE......DREAMS!
Natural urges felt from a very young age. A kiss...one of the sweetest things to be experienced. The thrill of holding hands with the girl or boy one has been infatuated with for so long.
The hormones erratic. A sight of a nipple hard under the t-shirt.
Those beautiful long legs.....boys. He charmingly handsome so attentive.....girls
....the lustful look shared among the young.
There is a time and place for all, keeping it relevant and in context.
A natural progression of life. Those experiences leaving their scars on ones life, we like it or not.
The way we conduct ourselves toward our closest and others .....
A broken heart, a lie, an early success, a work disappointment, being sidelined, used, abused, loved, supported.
Each scar deeper, each accolade more proud of.
Learning through trial and error, marriage....divorce.....children or childless....employer......employee....rent....buy....invest.
At 15 thinking u know everything. At 20 realizing the potential is there to maybe have what u want....at 30 either one is making it or beginning to think " fuck this is not the way i saw it".....at 40 u question everything and begin to hate yourself and maybe the decisions u have made. At 50 u tired. At 60 u want out and the world must 'fuck off' with all its shit cause u have earned the right to your life.....no matter good of bad.
.....life.
Do i believe a 21 year old knows the wisdom of their choices made.
Most definitely not. Some of us were just luckier to have the guidance and support and opportunity to land up in better places than others.....and even then.....we here parents say
"If only i was your age now with the wisdom i have now."....and they not failures nor bad parents.
We should be ever learning and evolving creatures, for the better.
When it comes to ourselves as the human race.....i don't think that is possible....now i am being cynical and that is not in my nature... Yet.....we excel at war.....over and over....always looking to the degenerate part of our make-up....excusing it.
At 21 it is good to make mistakes but, even more important to have role models and the help of others to deal with those blows and help us come out less scarred than what could have been.
RB.
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