What was that did you say? Speak up, I can't hear you today Do you remember the time? Oh, you've heard that rhyme Forgetting is a non-negotiable when you're old and sociable You see that impatient stare But you're not aware that story you're telling is no longer compelling no time for the old anymore but death will not skip your door be kind to the weak and the elderly too for someday all of those things will be you
Yesterday would have been my grandma's 90th birthday. I wish I had been kinder and more patient with her when she was still here.