Still Haven'T Learnt the Elder's Concerns

{This "Free Verse" entry Received HONORABLE MENTIONS IN THE Intergenerational Poetry to Bridge the Generation Contest UNO Elders & Youth track" 2017 UNIVERSITY OF OMAHA OMAHA, NEBRASKA} October 15, 2017 STILL HAVEN'T LEARNT THE ELDERS CONCERNS Got older hope my live would be easier But instead filled with societies " I told yaw so's" High, low and no priced health care Diseases, Alzheimer's, Dementia, Cataracts these are what the aged have with other health issues and osteoporosis Can't afford even the price of toilet tissue still haven't leant elder concerns still haven't leant elder concerns Can't move as quickly can't race or jet hard for me to get, get help From family, church and so called friends Rising cost of living; Only the dead can afford? There in a coffin their debts ignored maybe even forgiven Friends most are as old as I am loneliness spending time with them and fam means more than you think wonderful wife/husband died gone on home to heaven Alone more so than you think Financial predators trying to sell me goods or services they see me vulnerable Grandchildren still sweet and loveable I may be abused and neglected so unprotected Aged eyes hard to see should I stop driving my vehicle can't keep up with social climate changed computers, Tablets, Face Book Twitter Whatever happened to face to face, eye to eye communication? What a nation? They throw the elders away why the younger stay bitter Again when will this nation learn? They still haven't learnt the Elder's Concerns 09/26/17 written by James Edward Lee Sr. submitted submission for " Intergenerational Poetry to Bridge the Generation Contest UNO Elders & Youth track" 2017