When I was three years old
I thought the sky was blue Because it was my favorite color When I was five years old I thought school would be the end of me Until my brother told me we got to finger paint When I was seven years old I was the fastest kid on the soccer team So my coach told me to never stop running When I was nine years old I told my mom I didn't want to turn 10 Because I was afraid of the year 2000 When I was eleven years old I was the fastest kid in York County But running was just my part time hobby When I was thirteen years old I wrote 40 poems for my 7th grade English class Unfortunately to date, I can't recall a single one When I was fifteen years old I met my mentor in freshman literature Yet I still believed science was my calling When I was seventeen years old I was elected junior class president It just so happened, there was no one else on the ballot When I was nineteen years old I met a friend who wished to walk And walk and walk through a sea of white blazes When I was twenty-one years old I saw pain and suffering in the hearts of my patients And renewed an old faith that would never fall asleep When I was twenty three years old I was given a second chance And found what being mindful was really all about When I was twenty five years old I stumbled upon a farmer Who would kindly bring me back to my forgotten, poetic soul And when I was twenty seven years old I would collapse into a most surprising presence Who would slow me down And open my arms So she could collapse Inside of me to
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