Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

I am not old enough to be considered an old fool

I am no longer young enough to be considered cool

I used to be at the centre, now younger players are in the game

Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

I used to down beer without heeding to conscience's advice

Used to be ready to change course on roll of the dice

I know better now...I know no one but me would be to blame!

Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

"I won't be home for dinner" - a call to mom would suffice

Go out with my girl friend, never visit the same place twice

Girl friend then...I married the dame

Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

I didn't think and care about much

All that mattered was someone's warm touch

I still have that touch, have to reignite the flame

Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

Looked forward to our bike rides, sandwich and coffee...moments spent together

A car now, expensive & exclusive dinners...for worse or better

Does it happen with everyone...does this condition have a name?

Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

Believed impatience & hunger were signs of ambition

Took time to realise I needed more ingredients - learning & passion

Have to still learn more...no longer blindly chasing fortune & fame

Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

Only future was where my sight rested, past was over & gone

Today I learn from the past...to prepare me to take future head-on

Enough wasted building castles in air...now focussed on the end-game

Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

They say "change is the only constant"...that could be the case

I have moved, I have grown, I have changed my level base

Experience taught me, helped me evolve my mind-frame

Things have changed around me...even I am not the same

I look at the world around me and read it differently

I soak in...let it absorb completely

This change...this development is priceless...no one can otherwise claim!