Just because I am old and I am creased, it does not mean that I am gone.
Just because I am young and I am new, it does not mean that I am not there.
Just because I have no food, it does not mean that I shall starve.
Just because I have no one, it does not mean that I am lonely.
Natalie Clyne
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-127/