Start it Again

It's that time of year for a touch of introspection... and a touch of Dr Seuss

I was older and wiser back when I was young
But I didn’t stay true to the laughs and the fun
I learned life was all struggles that sometimes you won
And then you just started again

I put on some years and found out I knew less
About how to be, how to let go the stress
And that thought left me sad and a bit of a mess
So I got up and started again

And now that I think I’m officially old
I always reject all the orders I’m told
But grumble at T-shirts I can’t seem to fold
And forget I can just start again

I know that the reason I block and I bray
Is for loss of the good things I often betray
But life doesn’t last long and so I delay
The time needed to start it again

But y’know

It’s never too late and the road never ends
And how you bow out? Well, that really depends
On the road that you see, all the twists and the bends
Waiting for you to start it again

I don’t know if getting it right is the game
When playing it well makes a loss feel the same
And who wants to live like a lion that’s tame
When there’s always a sign 
That now will suit fine
It’s a good time to start it again