Act Your Age
Grandad's full of aches and pains
his bones are growing weak,
but Judo's still his favorite sport
where his muscles he can tweak.
Although he sometimes takes a fall,
when he see the youngsters fly
he knows within his heart of hearts
he shouldn't throw them high!
Grandma now is kind and sweet
she's learned along the years,
that youngsters tremble at the knees
when facing all their fears.
She never throws them to the ground,
like Grandad does for fun,
she just kills them all with kindness
till they have to turn and run!
I think that all old people
should respect advancing years,
for youngster have to learn to cope
with all their petty fears.
It isn't really fair to them
if you don't act your age,
you really should start looking old
and act just as a sage.
But the good news is that youngsters
will be old, like us, one day.
And then, like Gran and Grandad,
they too can start to play.
So maybe it is quite alright
for us to have our fun
cause it's only when you're older
that life has just begun!
Ivor G Davies
Copyright © Ivor Davies | Year Posted 2015
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