You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.

may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them men are old

may my mind stroll about hungry
and fearless and thirsty and supple
and even if it's sunday may i be wrong
for whenever men are right they are not young

and may myself do nothing usefully
and love yourself so more than truly
there's never been quite such a fool who could fail
pulling all the sky over him with one smile

"You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak - Pray, how did you manage to do it? "In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law, And argued e

It is not just adults who care about this; it is the youth, too.

I think we're closing the gap on the Beach. Great Bridge is Great Bridge, but the youth programs around here are picking it up. We're getting there.

The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever.