Oh Very Young

Lynda Akers

Guttenberg, IA

The first memory that comes to me is Cat Steven’s Oh Very Young.

The song summed up how I was feeling when my sister, Loretta, passed away from pancreatic cancer. She was 20 years younger than me. We are all only here a short time.

Oh Very Young

“Oh very young, what will you leave us this time
You’re only dancin’ on this earth for a short while
And though your dreams may toss and turn you now
They will vanish away like your dads best jeans
Denim blue, faded up to the sky
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will”