Growing Up

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tick tock
The unstoppable ticking of life's clock

Growing up is a most peculiar thing
Watching as the world around you is shrinking

When you are young time never passes
When you are old it moves a whole lot faster

Certain ages come and are quickly gone
Others you hit, remain, and they cling on

All of you changes: mind, body and soul
The body decays but the mind chooses to grow old

By Pete Scopes