The Wisdom of Age

Wisdom comes with age So the old saying goes But so does dementia As the world so sadly knows. It’s so easy to be vociferous Brave aggressive and bold Deferring action to others Just because they’ve grown old If Old Men fought the wars Would there be quite so many And as more of them got killed Would there even be any. Maybe they’d realise It’s better to jaw jaw jaw Than to risk their lives Going off to senseless war. It is after all just A crazy situation Sending off to war The youth of any nation. No let the Old Men fight And let the old ‘men die It really couldn't be long before Old men started azz sking why And found alternatives so Nobody had to fight and die. Maybe they’d discover And give diplomacy a try. So much more incentive To avoid any mortal strife When the life put at risk Is an old person’s own life. Bur if they insist that They really want to try Put them in uniform and Let them go off to die. Better to have them be The wounded or dead Than younger men with Their whole lives ahead. So put the Old Men in uniform Give them the bayonet and gun It’s not really fair after all to let Younger men have all the fun. It’s called taking responsibility for So many of the things going wrong Maybe Old Men have been in charge Mucking things up for far too long.