When Will My Life Begin?

Starry eyed as I watch them march

Towards their Banyans from beneath my Larch

Basking in their warm glowing delights

They stand taller as I watch with starry eyes

They flew the coop and I was left behind

They conquered realms and I'm yet to myself find

They achieved the most and became stuff of lore

I'm still under wings when they fearless soar

They toiled to the bones when I soundly slept

I procrastinated when their tears of accomplishment were wept

And opportunities passed me by when my eyes were shut

Wondering why didn't any ever my way strut

Dreaming of the future while my present ran past

Blind to the icebergs though perched on the mast

Knowingly a fool and losing while waiting to win

Asking my decades old life when will it begin?