YOUNG AND OLD

 

 

WHEN YOUNG I DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE OLD,

NOW,I KNOW THAT WHEN YOUNG I WANTED TO BE OLD,

TO DO EVERYTHING,  AS I THOUGHT I WOULD BE FREE,

ALAS ! AGE HAS CAUGHT UP AND TIED ME. 

 

WHEN YOUNG I WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING,

I COULD NOT AS I WAS NOT FINANCIALLY FREE,

AS AN  ADULT, I HAD TO DO ALL, THAT I DID NOT WANT TO DO,

NOW,I AM CONTEND WITH WHAT LITTLE I CAN DO.

 

RISK WAS LIFE TO ME WHEN YOUNG,

RISK AND DISABILITY ARE TOGETHER NOW,

A MIDDLE PATH IS SELDOM POSSIBLE,

WHEN ALL THAT OCCURS AROUND IS IMPOSSIBLE.

 

MY CHILDREN MADE ME A GRAND DAD,

EXPECTING THE SAME THEY ALREADY HAD,

FOR THEIR CHILDREN, I WANT TO DO IT NOW,

 AS MUCH AS I DID IT THEN, WHEN  YOUNG.

 

MY OPINION IS SELDOM HEARD

IF I PROTEST THEY RETORT,

MY INNINGS IS OVER AS I DO NOT GRASP

THE  GENERATIONAL GAP.

 

MY NEEDS ARE LESS AND SIMPLE ,

BUT I CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM TO OCCUR,

MY OVERTONES AND REQUESTS ARE IGNORDED

AS MY DAYS ARE PASSING BY, CONTROLLED

 

MY WIFE IS MORE ACCEPTABLE

AS SHE IS MORE USEFUL

I AM A BURDEN AS I LAZILY SIT AND READ THE DAILY

DEMANDING MY NEEDS EVERY MORNING, DULY

 

I WISH GOD TAKES ME EARLY

THAN MY WIFE ;LEST AFTER HER 

MY CHILDREN WILL FEEL MY BURDEN

SHE WOULD NOT ,AS I HAD TIED HER THREE KNOTS.

 

MY CHILDREN WATCHED ME

TAKING CARE OF MY PARENTS LESS FREQUENTLY

I DID WHAT I COULD, WITH WHAT LITTLE I HAD, THEN

AND SOWED THE SEED THAT I REAP NOW OFTEN

 

MY ONLY SOLACE ARE MY GRAND CHILDREN

THEY PAMPER ALWAYS AND SUPPORT ME

MAKE ME FEEL WANTED AND PRESSURISE ME

TO TELL THEM STORIES OF BYGONE MEMORIES.

 

EVERDAY I WANT TO LIVE A LITTLE MORE

FOR THE SAKE OF MY GRAND CHILDREN

I LEAVE IT TO GOD TO DECIDE,AS I DON'T KNOW

WHAT HE HAS IN STORE FOR ME

 

GOD HAS CREATED THE WORLD FOR US,

WE ARE A LITTLE SPEC IN IT,

SAVOR IT ALL ,EXPERIENCE AND LEAD OUR LIFE

TILL HE PROTECTS US  AND THEN SAY "GOOD BYE".