You’ve got only one shot at youth
Don’t miss it, and don’t blow it
Give up on your excuses
Find yourself and be yourself
Read and write and read and write
Pray and fast from six to six
Get some abs and grow some beards
Paint your eyes and hair and nails
Break some rules and set new ones
Speak your truth and never mind
Grind your strength and make it count
Tour and lose and find your way
Live alone and learn to thrive
Stand on all the right shoulders
Fall forward and rise again
Crack your heart and let it heal
Take more risks and tell the tales
Learn some skills​ and solve some needs
Start a cause and keep at it
Give and share and help and serve
Carve your niche and chase your dreams
Till the Big Overnight comes
When you’ll thank your inner child
For taking the right chances
To come alive
And live in time