Thank Nature, we grow older

By well-wisher

Sun, 19 Aug 2012
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Oh, thank Nature, we grow older
and too tired to run and play;
tired enough to sit and contemplate
a splendid August day.

Little kids are far too busy
flying to watch a bird in flight
but when their eyes start growing dimmer
they’ll see a world that’s twice as bright.

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Submitted by Sooz006 on
This is beautiful, but what good is the sight of wisdom, when we're too old to enjoy it? A lovely poem. I particularly liked the last two lines.

 

Submitted by well-wisher on
Most people would probably agree with you, Sooz but I think that there are lots of ways to enjoy life and I get just as much enjoyment from mental activities as I do from physical ones. But I also think that we're constantly being told that growing old is a bad thing; that we have to hide away wrinkles and grey hair with shame and I think that one of the positive sides to growing older is that it does make philosophers of us all, encouraging us to stop and look and think about what our life is for.

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Submitted by TVR on
I agree with Sooz. Lovely sentiments and philosophy (the wonder of life). I think the smiplicity of this poem and the easy rhyming pattern is its strength. Great stuff, John. Really enjoyed your poems tonight. Trev PS: I’d prepare a comment for The Dreadful Nightmare, so what happened to it?

TVR