Us Immortal Few

Time flies when we're having fun
As it does when we're not.
Years going by
Seemingly in seconds.
Horrible goodbyes
Watching so many others die.
Time flies by
Faster than light
For us immortal few.
You think it would be fun
It's not.
Living forever
Is not what it seems
It would be.
And the lies
Oh
The lies are the worst part.
Friends
They think they know us
They think they know us
They think they do
But they don't.
Lies
All lies.
Moving from town to town
Faking deaths
Living.
I want to die
I hate living
So many centuries have passed.
I know too much
I have seen too much
I want to forget.
We all do.
We rue the day
We found the fountain
The Fountian of Youth.
We celebrated
And told no one.
Well
One of us did
We never saw him again.
That was when
It stopped being fun
It was scary
What had we done?
Time flies now
Whether we like it or not.
We cannot die
So we can never truly live.
Us immortal few

Reviews

[Ben Barton]

This is so cool! A really simple, but equally articulate representation of how we crave more time, to travel, to see family, to do, to be; and yet it can so easily become a burden, tying us to a place we longer wish to be in. Great work! :) The only thing I would suggest (super minor nit-picky stuff) would be to maybe change where it says "for us few immortals" to "us immortal few", just to maintain a theme. Unless, of course, it was a deliberate choice not to. In which case, stick to your guns!

Small side note - I love the word "rue", so thank you for using it. Simple pleasures, and all that.

[Ember Smyth]

Thank you for the review!