Let Us Not Grow Old

By: Gus Victoria

Let us never grow old together,

The fickle winds of life,

Calm or tempestuous,

Let them blow against us,

Our little ship sails ever on,

Steady, adventurous,

Let us never make port

Where friends do not call

Or friends we do not make,

Let us be known true,

Loyal and steadfast,

Our bonds not to break.

Let us discover,

Every day an opportunity

To explore a  new mystery,

To experience a new reality

To search for knowledge

And in ignorance never be.

Let us live,

Not as king and queen

In luxury and vulgar excess,

But as Baucis and Philemon,

True and faithful,

Sharing what we possess.

Let us love,

Never sparing a moment,

Never surrendering to doubt,

Ours will be to others,

A light we cannot suppress,

That will never go out.

Let us not grow old together,

Let us grow young,

The life we lead,

The love we share,

The truth it proclaims

Grants youth,

Always young,

Always in love,

‘Till death do us part.

And a new adventure begins.