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Growing Old

There are pictures on the wall, or so I'm told, I am sitting in this hall just growing old, And the nurse who passes by, Takes no notice when I cry, I am waiting here to die, and growing old. All my thoughts are deep within and growing old, Very weak and very thin, I'm growing old, Many mem'ries of the past, How I thought those days would last, Now my future has been cast, I'm growing old. In the days when I was young and very bold, Saw my life as yet unsung, not growing old, Now I sit inside these walls, As the nurses walk the halls, I am weak and very small and growing old. Heaven's gates are open wide with streets of gold, Soon I'll cross that great divide while growing old, There my Savior waits for me, I will praise on bended knee, Then forever I'll be free, not growing old.

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Date: 3/7/2017 11:24:00 AM
Well done David! 'Oh glorious morn' :) Great flow and rhythm... hugs. deb
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Deborah Burch
Date: 3/8/2017 11:35:00 AM
I used to be director of nursing in 'nursing homes' and I am quite familiar with those "haunted faces".
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David Pekrul
Date: 3/8/2017 12:00:00 AM
Thanks Deb. I wrote this poem in my head one night while driving home from a senior's care centre. I work in the funeral industry and pick up bodies to deliver to the funeral home. This night I really noticed the look on the faces of those in the care centre and it haunted me. This poem was the result.

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