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KATZPosted at 2020-01-05 02:02:47(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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bigboy12Posted at 2020-01-05 13:56:16(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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KATZPosted at 2020-01-05 16:27:21(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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miokPosted at 2020-01-06 21:50:40(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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bigboy12Posted at 2020-01-06 21:52:57(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| I tried it,but will not divulge the results.:D:facepalm | |
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bigboy12Posted at 2020-01-07 00:11:33(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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miokPosted at 2020-01-07 16:49:48(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. It has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and in mags for Mental Health. And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet. Cranky Old Man What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see? What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me? A cranky 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 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'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother, Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on 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 should last. At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone, But my woman is 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 at the future ... . . . . I 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. It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool. The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart. There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart. But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells, And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain. And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again. I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast. And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last. So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see. Not a cranky old man . Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!! Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too! | |
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bigboy12Posted at 2020-01-07 16:59:11(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| One of the most beautiful things I have ever read.It took me 3 times because of my dyslexia to grasp this.This not spam in my opinion it is sheer beauty....:love:love Thanks for sharing this miok | |
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bigboy12Posted at 2020-01-07 17:24:41(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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OssPosted at 2020-01-08 15:16:58(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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haxNodePosted at 2020-01-08 17:24:39(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Man, much love to you! miok thanks for sharing this man, one of the best poems i read in a long time, and i always try to give as much love back as i can, to my old one's and i often take as granted what i'm blessed with. Again, thanks for sharing this miok and thanks for suggesting to read it bigboy12, i wouldn't have read it otherwise... :love:love:love: Much love to both of you! :love | |
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bigboy12Posted at 2020-01-08 19:39:19(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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ROBBREDDPosted at 2020-01-09 03:57:11(224Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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KATZPosted at 2020-01-11 00:18:26(223Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| WoW is all I can say! You got me speechless 'T' and you know I ALWAYS have something to say! Great Share :love Last edited by KATZ on 2020-01-11 00:18:52 | |
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bigboy12Posted at 2020-01-11 02:30:49(223Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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KATZPosted at 2020-01-11 14:39:37(223Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| took your lead bb B) | |
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ROBBREDDPosted at 2020-01-14 06:05:51(223Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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