Paul Pruel - Forever Young

If I could choose to stay forever young,
So I could enjoy the rest of my life with you guys –
I’ll do it though I know it is impossible…

Forever Young

If I could only go back to my young age life
Where I lay in peace with the caring world
That gave me light, strength and hope
As a little child so full of innocence
With my neighbor’s angels, I played hide and seek
Swam in the crystal river with the morning puff of wind
Climbed up the trees, crawled on sandy shores
Skipped over the green meadows
And pretended flying like birds in the breeze…

Now my mid-life is claiming me restlessness
And itchy feet a symptom
My strength is deteriorating
I’m scared of hearing those seconds
Those passed when the clock sings
I can hear cries when the sun descends
As loud as the roaring thunder and lightning
Their sounds are bouncing back on high mountains
Brought by the strong wind, they caused fear…

I’m certain that everything in this world comes and goes
Although I’d wish to be always a youngster
And enjoy my youth to the utmost…

Paul Pruel

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