On Ageing-As Aging Growing Old-

As ageing growing old; It turns out, most grumpy stale people used to be grumpy young people; This I believe it is so; Ageing doesn’t turn a cheerful person into a grouch; Now that I’m older I need to go get and off this couch; The birth we’re born then we were young this is the prequel; As ageing growing archaic elders then not treated as equals; We are sounder problem-solvers; And can sooner quickly draw the message from an argument; Neither am I poor nor destitute but now I’m on a fix budget: As ageing growing old; Being comfortable a must and not being stylish anymore; A sense of urgency comes with ageing, I know who I am; And to whom I AM PRAYING; Do you, hear what I’m saying; The nice thing about getting older is you have seen it all, lived it all, felt it all; As ageing growing old yes! We all see it all, live it all, feel it all; (if we don’t die before we’re 45) As ageing grows old, I sigh; As I remember what my grandparents had said why... As ageing growing old OH! my; 06/13/19 Written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019© For UNO 2019 Intergenerational Poetry Contest