Age Difference...

Age does not always bring
Wisdom...
Youth does not mean
Immaturity...
I have met many an old fool
and wondered
how they managed
to reach such a ripe old age...
Likewise,
I have met a few young people
with old souls
wise beyond their years,
with poise and bearing
that belies their age...
Why could not the numbers be reversed?
There seems to be a great many old fools
And painfully few young lions

circa 1996