Young and ...

They always tell me

To be

Young and crazy

before I can be

Old and wise.

But if craziness

Consists of handling things

Sloppily when I know

A better way,

I'm out.

It is against my nature to make things less elegant than they

Can be.

So I will be

Young and wise

In spite of my disappointed

Friends.

In spite of the proud

Adults.

I will be wise because

It is a 

Part of me

I will be young because

I have that right

As well,

And now the only thing to

Figure out is the

Perfect melange of the

Two.

And when I find that,

I find

Myself.