he asked
how many years
are you old?

ummm, let me see
i said:
mind i know
is wizened with wisdom
of a hundred seasons' fold;
limbs and body
have toiled in total
forty-seven
but for heart
i'm not so sure
its home
to eternal soul
and as far as i remember
i've always heard
it beat
with sweet
rhythm of a sixteen year
old!