Stardust Lost In Fallen Dreams

Little One... I Grow Old Too Soon.

Little One... I Grow Old Too Soon.

I see what age has done to me

my hair is grey my eyes have lost their sparkle

my body is weak and my skin pale.

Eighty years old and my body has begun to fail me

My mind though...

It's the mind I had when I was younger 

when the world seemed to bend to my will

My mis-spent youth

days spent lying in the sunshine

nights spent in darkened rooms

I believed the world the people were there only for me

An innocent arrogance built on broken dreams

I stood and crushed peoples wishes and desires

a look... a word and I could take what I wanted

Then the days when I would hide away 

a quiet solitude of my own making

a pen a paper a dream a whole new creation unfolded before me

The stories I could tell to you but would you want to hear

Would you want to hear of love and loss

of the deepest desires within my mind

Little girl... 

I maybe old and frail now but there was a time

oh it seems a lifetime and ten now

but I loved with the best of them

I gave my heart to a man who wore his heart on his sleeve

He was the Romeo to my Juliet

I know my little one you're too young to understand

but when you look at a boy and your heart beats and your breath wavers

remember me... and the words I told you.

That when you fall in love it will be as though the world stood still for you

I smile slowly at nights dancing in the rain 

I thought I'd stay young forever

I never imagined that my strength would leave me

I lived the life I was given to the full

Hid the regrets away and moved onto the next decision blindly

I grew older and my wild nature faded slightly

I raised your mother and aunt

two wild and beautiful girls, they owned my heart from their first breath

staring into their eyes my heart grew 

I thought the love I had for them would consume me

So full of life innocent and unending love for the world and it's possibilities

They grew so fast... the tears the tantrums...

the broken heart and then the love.

I was already so old when you came into my life little one

a new breath of fresh air for this lady

you are going to break many hearts

your mind will open many doors to new worlds if you let it

Do not be afraid un poco to be who you want to be

Live your life as though every second could be the last

Find a dream and don't be afraid to hold onto it

Let your eyes take in every broken down man every woman crying at the side of a road

breathe in the life around you make it become close to you

Now my little one I need to rest

I will tell you more another day of the rules life has given me

and how I broke them time and time again

My sweet girl... let life sparkle through your smiles.