Spring

It was spring but it was summer I wanted; the warm days
   and the great outdoors.
It was summer but it was fall I wanted; the colorful 
   leaves and the cool dry air.
It was fall but it was winter I wanted; the beautiful snow
   and the joy of the holiday season.
It was now winter but it was spring I wanted; the warmth 
   and the blossoming of nature.
I was a child but it was adulthood I wanted; the freedom
   and the respect.
I was twenty but it was thirty I wanted; to be mature and
   sophisticated.
I was middle-aged but it was twenty I wanted; the youth
   and the free spirit.
I was retired but it was middle age that I wanted; the
   presence of mind without limitations.
My life was over but I never got what I wanted.


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