Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Personal Paradox

When I was young my body be

Full of potential, new and fresh,

And full of boundless energy.

It was fun indulging my flesh.

Meanwhile my mind I tended to

Keep it as empty as I could.

I'd more important stuff to do,

More of it bad, less of it good.

Now that I'm old and wised up, I

Am in a body that is not

Able to perform well, and my

Mind is left alone a lot.

A paradox of pen and tongue

Is youth is wasted on the young.