Where Did The Time Go?

Where Did The Time Go?

© by Bud Lemire on Oct 21, 2017

Everyone at one time or another, knows someone in a Nursing Home

The reasons could be dementia, an illness, or not wanting to be left alone

It's hard to believe, but one day it might happen to you

And you'll be wondering, where did the time go to

Get everything out of life, while you're in your prime

Because before long, you'll find you're out of time

We are mortal, we age as time travels pass

Our lives are precious, it goes by very fast

Nap time can come at any time, in a wheelchair

In the Dining room, or almost anywhere

“I would like a visitor, maybe a game or two”

“Sitting here like this, there's nothing I can do”

“I forget where I am, is there somewhere I need to be?”

“Sometimes I can't hear, sometimes it's hard to see”

“I can't make sense of everything, but I'll give it a try”

Give me a push somewhere, if you are passing by”

When you get old, it isn't any fun

Knowing, that our life is almost done

You'll be asking the question, that others still don't know

The years have passed on by, where did the time go

We normally go through life, just living it. Never thinking

that one day we will be old and be frail and lose some of

our senses. But it happens to us all. Sometimes an illness

will take us away. It happens to many of us, for we can not

cheat time. Time waits for no one. It happens, and we as

mortals, must mature and grow old too. But how we treat

those who are much older than we are, is how we want to

be treated when we are old and need the understanding

that they need.