Let me be young

Wednesday, 29. November 2006, 11:50:37

In a world filled with poverty and strife,
singing a song is my simple delight.
I see no colour, culture or race,
all I see is the smile on a friendly face.

With youthful thoughts, the world is a brighter place.
For youth is too soon forgotten when life's anxieties are faced.

So, let me be young, let me be young!
For no earthly possessions can buy youthful delights.

I would give up all worldly riches,
only to feel the sun over my face.
I would shun the most valued of treasures,
if only I could play at my own youthful pace.

So, let me be young, let me be young!

By Melissa aka Honeybe

Fantasy...Beside the Shore

Comments

what a beautiful poem!

By wickedlizard, # 29. November 2006, 12:19:52

Hey Isabel,
thank you for your sweet comments. Your comments always encourage me to write more

Regards,
Melissa

By honeybe, # 29. November 2006, 17:00:36

Keep it up! I want to read more! I love your poetry!

By wickedlizard, # 29. November 2006, 17:17:05

great, keep it up.

By shadowk, # 30. November 2006, 08:36:52

Summarising a possible 2 page comment of mixed emotion conjured in me, its magnificent and heart-warming.

You are the real deal.

By Quest2rest, # 30. November 2006, 09:56:10

Need to say it again? You are my favorite Opera poet. Ever!!!

By NikolaosX1, # 30. November 2006, 19:59:39

Hey there guys,
thank you for all your comments. It makes it so much easier to be keep on writing

I really appreciate all the support.

Regards,
Melissa

By honeybe, # 1. December 2006, 15:15:48

Zakkaasssss!

By prabhas, # 3. December 2006, 13:40:16

Hello, Melissa. Beautiful poem. I can imagine a beautiful new song.
Will you add music to it ?

By rogerleos, # 3. December 2006, 23:55:46

Yaay!

By NOLA_1977, # 4. December 2006, 20:48:05

Hey guys, thank you for your comments.
Roger,

I still have a long way to go before I write my own music.
But, someday... Definitely

By honeybe, # 6. December 2006, 09:51:42

Another wonderful poem, Melissa

Have you ever thought about publishing a book of your poems? I'd like to have one if you ever did

By FXM256, # 6. December 2006, 18:50:11

so would i!

By wickedlizard, # 6. December 2006, 19:30:31

its bEAUTIFUL.... GREAT

By rafiq.navy, # 7. December 2006, 06:46:12

It's all about youth, isn't it?

By doommaster, # 8. December 2006, 16:34:28

nice poem

i like them, and i write poems.
hope we can share some toughts anytime

bye

By haitani, # 8. December 2006, 17:27:18

Thank you for all the encouragement. I'm giving serious thought to publishing my poems. Having a book compiled would be a dream come true for me

I always appreciate all the comments

By honeybe, # 8. December 2006, 18:04:34

By demiphonic, # 9. December 2006, 00:03:34

beautiful poem,i wrote poem too,that's about two years ago when i was in high shool,and i wrote in chinese,i gave it up after i entered college.and,you have a great sensitivity about life,you should keep going.

By danielzhang, # 10. December 2006, 14:09:00

sure your poetry skills are great but for f.... sake stop mourning about knowing you will get old sooner or later.
life is nothing more than a succession of present moments.
what with all those concern about youth,young, beauty,potentiallity and so like purely socio-mind created proslavery, what the...!!
forget your mirror for a second.
the more time you spend whining about what's gonna happen the less you'd get prepared for it!
life can be great at any time of your life, because believing is the most powerfull and genuine human being gift.
This, once given, won't be taken back ever.It is just waiting for being used.

By kkshine, # 10. December 2006, 18:59:39

Hi there, thank you for all your kind comments

I truly enjoy writing and it makes it even better when I see others enjoy it too

kkshine, Unfortunately, I think that somehow you've lost the meaning of the poem.
Now, this is the strange thing...
You tell me (the poet) to stop whining and then you go on to describe the exact meaning I've been trying to convey in this poem...
Not to take any moment for granted, to stop worrying about all our problems and just stop and appreciate the very fact that we have so many little things to be grateful for

That's why I'm so glad and amazed that people actually take time to relax and read one of my simple poems, now that's amazing for me.
In some small way, perhaps just very small, I've made someone appreciate that very moment

And the amazing thing about poetry is that we all put our own meaning to a poem.
You interpret a poem by what you're feeling

Which is why I wonder why you noticed the negative side of this poem and everyone else observed that the poem was written with an enthusiastic, lively and upbeat spirit... in other words, a youthful spirit, and not written out of a fear of growing old

Regards,
Melissa

By honeybe, # 10. December 2006, 20:53:48

if you say so...
but still, quoting you,"an enthusiastic, lively and upbeat spirit... in other words, a youthful spirit":
is that phrase supposing "oldful spirit" would not have fit the purpose for which you had written this poem, that is: making other feel full with serenity and all?
I'm aware of the fact that it is my entire fault (lot of improvements are to be made in my english, lol) you didn't understand my post deep signification.
Anyway i'm looking forward to read other of your creation :-)

Regards,

Nico

By kkshine, # 10. December 2006, 22:18:56

Hi Nico

Well, quoting you... "life can be great at any time of your life, because believing is the most powerfull and genuine human being gift."
It's so true...
Which is why in my poem I'm not concentrating on youth itself, but a youthful spirit...
You can be along in years and still feel young at heart

Your thoughts promote your feelings.

I actually meant for this poem to be in line with the 16 days of activism against women and child abuse...
That's the reason I used youth as a subject.
Children are normally unprejudice and humble. I'm not saying that older people aren't, but sometimes life's experiences can form our opinions and feelings and often it's not to our advantage or the advantage of those around us.

I used this theme of a "youthful spirit" to portray the feeling that although the future seems so uncertain, we can still enjoy the very moment we're in. And just portray that youthful curiosity of what's still unknown.

I have deep respect for elderly people, I've always viewed older people as a treasure of experiences

So you see.... Once again I've bben inspired by a community member

My next poem will be in honour of older people, those who have been "younger for longer"

Please come back and leave your comment, they're always interesting...
I love looking at my poems from all viewpoints and I respect what others think of them

Thank you,
Melissa

By honeybe, # 11. December 2006, 05:47:13

Hello
I just try to enjoy Opera Blog,One question need you help,Could you tell me how can I add a Tags module into my blog?
Thank you.

By dolphin6, # 11. December 2006, 13:08:24

Your poems are quite good. Keep it on.

By md_pl, # 11. December 2006, 20:21:18

hi i m from india i want to be your friend pls email me at rehangrttt@rediffmail.com

By farhat, # 12. December 2006, 03:56:31

saw you were a member of the month or whatever it is....i was drawn in because you reminded me of my most missed person (hope sandoval) and i read this poem while listening to strawberry fields forever, it really felt like a little of lennon was controlling your words, forgive me im drunk, thank you for a beautiful poem...makes me want to write.

By deejayadhd, # 12. December 2006, 04:31:29

"All I see is the smile on a friendly face"

Hello, Melissa, congrats for being member of the week I feel happy for that!!

adios amiga

By rogerleos, # 12. December 2006, 07:03:06

Это на самом деле красиво! Надеюсь Вы не против если я скопирую Ваши строчки к себе в архив. Best regards!

By IgorSite, # 12. December 2006, 16:19:54

you inspire me to keep doing good! let the good in humananity overcome and guide us! May peace be with you!

By JeanGirro, # 13. December 2006, 01:12:18

i thought it was really awesome. i'm kinda new to the opera community but i think your blog is really awesome. you write really good poetry

By danic[freak], # 13. December 2006, 04:42:48

youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind.

By zeroblue, # 14. December 2006, 01:53:07

Hi Melissa,

i am new to Opera Blog, like your poets, so link you.

Yoyo

By qwayoyo, # 15. December 2006, 02:35:22

By nlzww, # 15. December 2006, 09:02:35

Hi congrats on being member of the week. Melissa your poems are excellent and your words are structured in such a way that makes your readers want to read without stopping. PLEASE publish your book and I WILL be the first to buy it. Oh, Nico learn to write proper English first before you want to analyze and be critical about poetry that's breathtaking in its entirety. Melissa never stop writing because when you put pen to paper it's magic.

By ET'S COUSIN, # 17. December 2006, 22:38:29

ET'S COUSIN: "Viens me l'dire de profil, si t'es un homme!" lol

By kkshine, # 1. January 2007, 19:22:27

I have to say,
Beautiful poem.

By DarrenWONG, # 28. February 2007, 15:17:21

A deep and beautiful poem.

Thanks for your talent...

By newage1, # 18. June 2007, 03:46:40

I was not a member of this comunity and could not write a comment not having a login\password. But I simply had to say - thank you. It is a wonderful, beautiful and (wow!) nicely written and rhimed poem with a deep meaning and sence to it. A true delight was to know you wrote it. Just a big thank you - that's all I can say.
My poetry was almost 90% about my feelings and what I knew around me, my world, MY vision. I came to a point when I wanted to forget about myself - I wrote more for people who liked my stuff rather than to wxpress myself or reduce inner pressure. And I could not write a single line without returning to oh-so-precious-me

Just could not get past it and stopped writing at all. Maybe now I might try again and I have high hopes for it.

Thanx)

G.

By Gabriel909, # 21. July 2007, 10:43:32

Hi Gabriel (I love the name Gabriel

),

Wow! I'm glad you joined the community then

Thank you very much for an encouraging comment!
I'd love to read your poetry too... So now that you've joined here, perhaps you can share it with us

I'm sure you write brilliant poetry

And I'm also sure that I won't be the only person that'll enjoy reading it

Please share it with us

Thank you again for dropping by

By honeybe, # 22. July 2007, 05:09:22

Melissa

In a single moment, I held the stars and played upon the galaxies...

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