Monday, January 18, 2016

When You Get Old


When You Get Old

© by Bud Lemire on May 18, 2015



Life isn't easy when you get old

The golden years aren't really gold

Our bodies age and aren't meant to last

Our time in life goes way too fast



Our legs give out and we take a fall

We endure our condition, we take it all

As we age and get old

We are always being told



Our freedom is taken away

Wondering what will be in each day

Being watched with all we do

Like children that we once knew



Our eyes go, and it's hard to see

Visions of how it use to be

The music that we once heard

Flies away like the yellow bird



Even our brain starts to decay

We forget exactly what to say

Where are we, where do we belong

Everything just seems so wrong

Getting old isn't fun for me

But it's the human way to be



We are mortal, so we age with time

We must enjoy our years while we can

Because time moves on, and our bodies

age. Yet there is hope, if you believe,

our souls become young once again,

when we pass away.

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