When I Was Cool

 

When I was cool

Full of bravado

There was only today

No care for tomorrow

This life that I lived

I thought it would end

Long before it started

Or so I liked to pretend

I was full of angst

I was full of rage

I was quite rebellious

At a young age

I dressed all in black

Was told that it was a phase

(Yet I still dress that same

And act the same ways)

Young gods of metal

Were my friends and I

Our dreams unconquered

Our hopes were so high

But things, they changed

As we each got older

They slowly silenced

I simply got bolder

Now they live so different

Am I still the same?

This person I am

It has barely changed

But the times that I live in

And the things I must do

They are so much different

From what I once knew

It was simple and easy

Clear, new, and plain

If only it could be so

Just once again!

I had the bravery of lions

And wisdom of a fool

It was so much easier

When I was cool

Reviews

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Like this poem ... when i was cool... i wonder who deems what is cool and what isn't? I mean what is cool?
This is just in my head, nothing to do with your poem .. it is a pretty awesome poem as said below .. love the whole of it.. From
;what i once knew' to
'when i was cool' really stand out.
Chloe
xoxo

[Nik Dendera]

I was never cool, but damn, was this a great poem!

I can relate to the bit about you dressing in black and everyone telling you its just a phase. And I love the line "Young gods of metal". Reminded me of a mate of mine who used to listen to nothing but Dio!

Really fantastic piece!

[Drea]

I had the bravery of lions and the wisdom of a fool
It was so much easier when I was cool

What a great summation and a conceivably deadly combination. Either you were heroic or an idiot being both the fool and brave at the same time. Yet thats what so many of us young mavericks are when riding full throttle inside that magick armour we don in our halcyon youth.

[Star-Runner]

Now this is just plain wonderful, I throughly enjoyed this write alot. Very well written.

[Ralphy]

This is oh so true. Things were so much easier when I was cool. I really liked the flow and how it made me relate. Nice work.