'love Me With Your Time'

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"We sometimes get impatient with the elderly and we don't always realise that they yearn for some company"

I might make a noise right now There will be a time when I go silent Will you miss my racket? In those days of silence? I will no longer yearn for your presence Like I do at this very moment Will you wonder? Will you wish? For that good morning? I might be a nuisance right now I might ask you the same thing over and over One day Some day My voice will go silent All I ask today is be patient with me Please love me; with your ears Please love me; with your time Before all you will have Is my grave and the memories… "Thoughts of the aged - loneliness don't discriminate " ©134517022015

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Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 4/22/2016 5:01:00 PM

Such lovely sentiments Wilma, love so evident here, beautifully penned!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/18/2015 12:00:00 AM

It's SO great having you back and seeing poems like this again, wilma. VEry good writing!

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 2/17/2015 5:00:00 PM

I am deeply touched, Wilma...My grandfather had Alzheimer's and I always tried to be my most patient with him. There would be days he would curse us, and I'd just let him calm down and then hug him...I'm thankful for the time I had with him...hugs, Rhonda

Ilene Bauer

Date: 2/17/2015 4:01:00 PM

very touching and beautifully written...

Poesy Relish

Date: 2/17/2015 10:19:00 AM

a deep write Wilma... and how very true... a fav... lov, nad!

Janet Eaton

Date: 2/17/2015 6:20:00 AM

Such a meaningful poem with such a great message. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy them while they are here cause when they are gone you will wish they were near. Hugs Janet