Common Sides

9

Youth has its age
And age its pride;
One thinks he knows
The other thinks why;
But youth and age
With separate ties—
Have common sites:

Life, death, and quest,
And a hope chest
That never rests.


Note: written May of 1981, No: 69/review by Poetry North, Anchorage, Alaska, by D.A. Sterling, Editor: “(the poem: Common Sides)…very smooth and conveys real feeling….”