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Elderly Neglect and Abuse

Our aged among us need love, care and compassion Not someone callous, lashing out at them with hostility Someday you too will be so frail and weak Is that the way you want your last days to be? Consider yourself lucky to pass on at an early age For you very well may get someone serving you with rage I doubt seriously you could take what they are receiving With endurance and strength their dear hearts endure You’re not made of the stuff they are, not by far For they worked hard, had compassion in all that they did Your day will come soon enough for needing some help... We will see you then, as you plead for attention ... What goes around ... comes around ... Just remember that!! As you lay in bed weeping, ‘what’d I do to deserve such treatment?’ You know who you are, and what it is that you do ... A disgrace to humanity you have taken upon you! I pray for the ones that are in your care For they truly do not deserve at all to be there They have given their lives way beyond your capability And you cause them to live with such humility Just get out! ... let someone else do the job For many do care and are much more desired You sicken me far beyond comprehension ... Just leave now! ... before another life is forgotten!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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