I would that I was 21 again,
so full of self right to the brim!
As yet unbowed by weight of years,
unfettered by second thoughts or fear
To gaze across my growing world
and to know that it, like a flawless pearl,
was mine to do with as I would,
without regard to "can't" or "should",
to believe that, for as far as I could see,
no barrier stood that could withstand me!

I would that I was 21 again......
except I'd miss where I have been.