Older and Wider I was full of myself when younger My spending of youth's precious hoard Was driven by creative hunger I was lean, sharp, and never once bored. They say that when you are older Having drunk deep of youth's potent brew That although youth's fire grows colder You can still to your young self be true. But I have grown cynic and snider My leaness, my sharpness, my deeds, Are lost. I'm just older and wider A middle-aged fool, swamped by greed. Back to Poems lists . [Image]