Shangri La.

Like so many before me, I seek it,
To reverse what cannot go back,
To ask sand to defy gravity,
To flip the gears that tick and tock.

It is youthful exuberance they seek,
The supple limb, perfect sight,
The beauty that came and went,
The health that was taken for granted.

But one might ask why I should seek that,
I have reached my peak and I've never been stronger,
There is nothing to go back to,
Nothing to improve.

That which I seek is similar but not the same,
I know so little, yet I know so much,
I never took the journey, I merely arrived,
But what I need now is to take that ride.

So I seek the elixir for the lease of life,
To stop being 'wise' and to open my eyes.