Life's Lessons In My Mind

 By: Kelly McDonald

Narrations of youth no longer unfold.

Remembering what my stories were,

I keep those bittersweet tales untold.

These legends in my mind take hold.

Out of my past they begin to stir.

Narrations of youth no longer unfold.

Some defy; to my mind they scold.

Others fuzzy, they're still a slur.

I keep those bittersweet tales untold.

Still others fill my heart with gold.

I listen till my mind's a blur.

Narrations of youth no longer unfold.

It's been so long, the memory's cold.

Some story's meaning I must infer.

I keep those bittersweet tales untold.

And what is best? My mind is polled.

To keep them close? I must defer.

Narrations of youth no longer unfold.

I keep those bittersweet tales untold.