Endarken - Youth

youth
-----
.
i will not be like you -
.
even if one day i find 
the skin on my hands
is toughening
and my hair fades
and my heart hardens.
.
time will not warp 
my convictions
nor rape - 
my moral predispositions.
.
my youth is my enthusiasm
boiling over your cynicism
my naievete protecting
my genuine idealism.
.
you are jealous.
.
for I am young and
flights of fancy
are breakfast, lunch
and dinner.
.
why don't you remember?
.
when being proper wasn't
fitting for any occasion -
when being lax with grammar
was our secret language.
.
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