When I Get Old
Just when the day wanes longer,
Legs and body not get any strength,
Memory short and not clear,
Times of ending days near.
Hair turns from gray to white,
And it seems like you’re not feeling right.
When you’re not as fit but put on a strict diet
That’s when I get old.
When there’s less and less of family and friends,
And it seems like wondering when until it end?
When the beginning seems far, far away
And you’re voiceless day after day—
That’s when I’m getting old.
Time is swiftly moving along
Super speed in minutes and time
The winter years and quietly here
Those days you can’t get back or even find——
That’s when I’m getting old.
When family mulplies even more,
One by one generation after generation,
They are your family strong and bold
Building up what you have left——
This is the duty of family when I get old.
Looking back the years
In the mirror of life it’s self
Going back in time and space
Where knowledge is like the weather——
As I’m getting old.
5 Nov. 2018
