To all Healthunlockders Crabby old man

[KingoftheCocktails]

Crabby old man

What do you see nurses?.....................What do you see?

What are you thinking...........................when you're looking at me?

A crabby old man..................................not very wise

Uncertain of habit..................................with faraway eyes?

Who dribbles his food ...........................and makes no reply

When you say in a loud voice ..............''I do wish you'd try''

Who seems not to notice.......................the things that you do

And forever is losing..............................A sock or a shoe?

Who,resisting or not..............................lets you do as you will.

With bathing and feeding......................the long day to fill?

Is that what you're thinking?.................is that what you see?

Then OPEN YOUR EYES NURSE.......you're not looking at me.

I'll tell you who I am...............................as I sit here so still.

As I do at your bidding..........................as I eat at your will.

I am a small child of Ten.......................with a father and mother.

Brothers and sisters .............................who love one another

A young boy of Sixteen....................... .with wings at his feet.

Dreaming that soon now ......................a lover he'll meet.

A groom soon at Twenty.......................my heart gives a leap

Remembering the vows...................... that I promised to keep.

At Twenty Five now...............................I have young of my own

Who need me to guide..........................and a secure happy home.

A man of Thirty......................................my young now grown fast.

Bound to each other..............................with ties that will last

At Forty my young ones.........................have grown and are gone

But my woman's beside me....................to see I don't mourn

At Fifty ,once more babies play 'round my knee.

Again we know children......................... my loved one and me.

Dark days are upon me...........................my wife is now dead

I look to the future...................................shudder with dread.

For my young are all rearing...................young of their own

And I think of the years ..........................and the love that I've known

I'm now an old man..................................and nature is cruel.

Tis jest to make old age...........................look like a fool.

The body it crumbles................................grace and vigour depart

There now is a stone..................................where I once had a heart.

But inside this old carcass........................a young guy still dwells

And now and again...................................my battered heart swells

I remember the joys..................................I remenber the pain.

And I'm loving and living.......................... life over again.

I think of the years, all to few....................gone too fast.

And accept the stark fact......................... that nothing can last.

So open your eyes ,people.......................open and see

Not a crabby old man......Look closer........see ME

***********************************************************************************************************Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush beside

WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE YOUNG SOUL WITHIN

We will all one day,be there too!

Richard Cornish

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