day 8; juliescent
juliescent /dʒuː-li-e-sent/ adj
fierce resolve or devotion of youthful or naive persons
When I dream, I'm seventeen,
and when I wake
the mirror frightens me.
I was so pretty
a moment ago
yet took no pleasure in it.
I know tomorrow
I’ll be sixty,
and thirty-two will seem
just as juliescent,
but even then,
I’m sure
in my dreams,
I’ll still be seventeen.
