Seventeen

Music: Fugue in Eb Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2.
By J.S. Bach. Sequenced by Yo Tomita.

S eventeen is bursting with ambition.
E cstasy comes often when one dreams.
V ested in a vague, momentous mission,
E ach moment is more vital than it seems.
N ow is what the future must depend on,
T hough time itself seems like an endless plain,
E ven though the note that one might end on
E ndlessly beguiles the budding brain.
N or will hope be so bountiful again.