Poetic Verses
The Old People
We do not have to do any for of physical restoration
On such genteel, kind and usually happy institutions
All they need is some moments of attention
As they are a ready and resourceful pool of information.
Sometimes their family members, see them as a problem
Not trying to understand, but only see that they are a burden
But what example will they be setting to their offspring
Who when they turn come, may do to them that very same thing.
I am referring to those old people, as some may tearfully tell of some experiences
That they may suffer at the hands of some ralatives
Being tolerated as they may have some form of income
Be it dividends, or their monthly cheque from the pension fund.
Treated well when that time is coming around
But when they have made some form of contribution
That sort of treatment somehow be conveniently gone
So some prefer to go to a senior citzen's home.
I do not know how people can do such harsh things to a member of humanity
Yes they are old and some day so will we, but in them there is such beauty
I had the privilege to so some of their creativity, depicticted in some embroidery
I have yet to see anything ever coming close to such artistry.
Yes some may take such knowledge to their graves
Because some of us may not want to learn because of the painstaking details
Or as we are now, in the age of technology, there is not problem
It can be done now, by getting the software and program.
But today let us sit and look at something to consider
That the age of those being afflicted by Alzheimer's is getting younger
So in come cases we may not get to our ancestor's age, as in time before
For some of those traits which come with aging to show.
On such genteel, kind and usually happy institutions
All they need is some moments of attention
As they are a ready and resourceful pool of information.
Sometimes their family members, see them as a problem
Not trying to understand, but only see that they are a burden
But what example will they be setting to their offspring
Who when they turn come, may do to them that very same thing.
I am referring to those old people, as some may tearfully tell of some experiences
That they may suffer at the hands of some ralatives
Being tolerated as they may have some form of income
Be it dividends, or their monthly cheque from the pension fund.
Treated well when that time is coming around
But when they have made some form of contribution
That sort of treatment somehow be conveniently gone
So some prefer to go to a senior citzen's home.
I do not know how people can do such harsh things to a member of humanity
Yes they are old and some day so will we, but in them there is such beauty
I had the privilege to so some of their creativity, depicticted in some embroidery
I have yet to see anything ever coming close to such artistry.
Yes some may take such knowledge to their graves
Because some of us may not want to learn because of the painstaking details
Or as we are now, in the age of technology, there is not problem
It can be done now, by getting the software and program.
But today let us sit and look at something to consider
That the age of those being afflicted by Alzheimer's is getting younger
So in come cases we may not get to our ancestor's age, as in time before
For some of those traits which come with aging to show.
