The innocence of youth...

Views in verse - on innocence.

Youth should be cherished. But in truth ...it is too quickly lost.

But scratch below the surface ...they're still just kids.

 

Déjà vu mes enfants

She stands before the mirror

Adding that final touch to her face

Her girlfriends wait outside for her

Cursing her snail-like pace

He changes his shoes for the third time

not good at all with this dressing

He never feels he gets it right

And his shirt really needed pressing

All the way over the stars are bright

There's something about the full moon's glow

They arrive together ...drawn together

Excited about the show

They meet at the bar right on cue

As the barman fixes their drinks

She likes the way he quietly waits

For the collar of his Guinness to sink

Their eyes cross 

She asks where it is that
maybe she's seen him before?

He answers he knows her too

But from where ...he's not really sure

The words come kind of easy

As they have their drinks at the bar

Their friends who 'pushed' them together

They start to smile from afar

Deja vu mes enfant

Enjoy the moment
Don't go running

Away from your youth

Cherchez mes chers

The person you are
Before looking ahead for truth

Voulez vous mes amis

To see the person inside
Before leaving behind your youth

Perplexed by their friends

they go outside 

Into the waiting night

And sit on a bench for hours

In the moon's romantic light

He walks her home later
Missing the show

Lost in her perfume and lace

He asks if she enjoyed herself

She softly kisses his face

In that moment...

She remains curious

As to where she's met him before

He soon quips

"Oh ...I know that now ..

We live in number 84"

Deja vu mes enfant

Enjoy the moment
Don't go running

Away from your youth

Cherchez mes chers

The person you are
Before looking ahead for truth

Voulez vous mes amis

To see the person inside
Before leaving behind your youth

by Grahame J Flynn