It is easy to be young. (Everybody is,
at first.) It is not easy
to be old. It takes time.
Youth is given; age is achieved.


May Swenson: Collected Poems: (Library of America #239) (2013 edition), Library of America - ISBN: 9781598532739


It is easy to be young. (Everybody is, at first.) It is not easy to be old. It takes time. Youth is given; age is achieved.

It is easy to be young. (Everybody is, at first.) It is not easy to be old. It takes time. Youth is given; age is achieved.

It is easy to be young. (Everybody is, at first.) It is not easy to be old. It takes time. Youth is given; age is achieved.

It is easy to be young. (Everybody is, at first.) It is not easy to be old. It takes time. Youth is given; age is achieved.