Youth Lost

The old lady stared at the little child, gleefully waving his toy in one hand, the other in his mouth, digging out the remnants of lunch. She appear lost in thought, as though duelling with the devil in her head.


Her attention turned to a teenager on the pavement. The fire in her eyes disappeared, lost in the abyss of time.


Where had her youth gone? It seemed as though it was yesterday that she was basking in juvenile glory. And now all that remained was the emptiness of age.


Live not for the moment, it passes too quickly. Live for yourself, and it will last a lifetime.