Impenitent
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Full of Love (Sonnet #6)
Love was around me, if i had a cup
I could have stopped to scoop a little up
I lusted as it sifted through my hand
My castles in the air were shifting sand
But now I have not even a toe hold
And find myself falling and growing old
I chose to do without the fight and fuss
No one to right me when I spit or cuss
All the lovers and the wife of one time
Girls who committed long forgotten crimes
Love wasted in a misbegotten youth
Only now I fathom the bitter truth
If when old you want to be loved and nursed
When you are young, always fill those cups first
Love was around me, if i had a cup
I could have stopped to scoop a little up
I lusted as it sifted through my hand
My castles in the air were shifting sand
But now I have not even a toe hold
And find myself falling and growing old
I chose to do without the fight and fuss
No one to right me when I spit or cuss
All the lovers and the wife of one time
Girls who committed long forgotten crimes
Love wasted in a misbegotten youth
Only now I fathom the bitter truth
If when old you want to be loved and nursed
When you are young, always fill those cups first