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Old Woman

This is not the world that you knew in fact it is far from it Thus is the conclusion you drew and one we must all admit For how quickly things change and not always for the best What used to seem so strange is now routinely done in jest The whole family has dissolved lead by those not to be heard As life around them revolved and the consequences incurred With no sense of structure and a complete lack of love for God Understanding what's in store, so many thinking you are odd A wise and strong generation who was raised up from nothing Adding to this Nation in all the hopes and dreams they'd bring As off to the corner you now sit barely given the time of day But in your amazing wit you now use all this time to pray As they politely look down upon you, in so missing your gift For you'd know exactly what to do, we all need such a lift But those days are all done and just a memory of the past Both knowing who won in seeing the wicked shadow he cast Tutus 2:3 The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

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Date: 9/15/2015 10:42:00 AM
Sad and deep write. Truth be told:-) i enjoyed
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