<p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Poetry takes you places and Rhea's poems are no exception. Musing on the soft and hard realities of life, "I'm Too Young" transports readers from their own childhood memories to the change of seasons and into contemplation of life and death.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong><span></span>Our Generation Several Miles Away</strong></p><p>Several miles away</p><p>We are All Getting Older</p><p>Truth be told</p><p>We didn't think</p><p>We would last forever</p><p>And a Day</p><p>But we hoped</p><p>We knew This Day</p><p>Would Come</p><p>But hoped it Was</p><p>Just a bit farther Away</p><p>To Touch it Again</p><p>The children in the playground</p><p>Do you remember them</p><p>They were ours</p><p>The Babies the Toddlers</p><p>Now the Women and Men</p><p>We birthed Them</p><p>When you get more tired out</p><p>Then you think we would</p><p>Or Should</p><p>Several miles Away</p><p>The wonder of it</p><p>It happened so fast</p><p>It was only yesterday</p><p>A Generation gone by</p><p>Think of it then</p><p>And travel the Miles</p><p>Along the way</p><p>The route was long</p><p>And Sometimes</p><p>Weary</p><p>But we are not</p><p>Yet Done</p><p>Nor even on the run</p><p>For the next will come</p><p>And we will be there</p><p>To Share</p><p>The Joys</p><p>The Laughs</p><p>The Death That Lasts</p><p>In our Memories</p><p>Strong and Mighty</p><p>Along the Way</p><p>And the Tales </p><p>We will Tell</p><p>Yes</p><p>Today</p>
