The Real Ages of Man
When I was a boy
They said cover your eyes
So you do not see
What grownups do
When I was a young man
They said cover your eyes
So you will learn
Right from wrong
When I became a man
They said cover your eyes
Lest you be tempted
Into the sins of the world
When I became middle-aged
They said cover your eyes
So you are not
Distracted by young women
When I became old
They said cover your eyes
Lest you see
The harm caused
by your blindness.
-Tom Mullian