Alan At18

Being young together is true Growing and learning is what you do And you didn’t age from 18 When cancer took you unclean If you had my 50 years To achieve what was taken in tears What would you have done And what would you have become I try to see your face But it seems so out of place And veiled in my later years It seems not at all clear I wonder what your parents thought When their sacrifices came to nought And they saw me growing strong and true When your chance was lost so finally too. © Paul Warren Poetry