Penny Hemans - When I was a child

when I was a child
I would read my books
beneath the covers with a torchlight

when I was a teen
I would ride alone on top of omnibuses
and send fright into my anxious parents

when I was a young woman
I dallied with the boys
And broke too many hearts for which I’m sorry

when I was middle-aged
I chased back and forth to school
and praised my children for their achievements

now I am entering old age
I feel that youth again
springing to the surface

and I am still caught
with my nose in a book
beneath the covers with a magnifying glass

Penny Hemans

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-was-a-child-10/