Ring me with young hearts,
Songs green with remembrance,
But not so green to be mowed.
Scarlet hussies
With laughter on their breath,
And liquor too,
For they know what I have forgotten
And I need to know again.

Ring me with fiery youth,
Dancing boys who know their stuff,
Who know what I know,
That life is invincible
And infinite.

And when I whisper the truth to them,
They laugh at my failing body,
But laugh with my seeking soul
And hold me fast to the lies of youth
Which I need to remember
In this life of infinite laughter.

for Anthony