Beautiful And Wise.... Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan
Beautiful And Wise....
Old age is beautiful,
old age is full of wisdom
the wisest person in my life
are my grandparents
I never regard them as old and worn
and to them never a scorn
in Asian countries
grandparents are most valuable yuppies
their children keep them at their own home
to watch and check their kids
when they are not at home
so it is constantly coziest for us
we are spoilt by them through and through
I thank God in Heaven that
I have not experienced them
that they are sent to a retirement home
like most old people in my surrounds here
their grown-up children only visit them
once a month
their lies is a treason
they tell their parents constantly lies
they have to work, to cook
and to clean the house
What does it mean
every week a day a visit
compared to a loveless life
for the rest of their lives in solitude?
These old people have raised their kids with much love
is this their thankfulness?
There is wisdom and life is still blooming.
We are getting old too
To be alive in this life, is never getting younger.
It is constant getting older each and everyday.
Just watch the wisest people.
Then you will respect how they have survived in poverty feeding all the hungry mouths. Their children get their food, as parents themselves, perhaps they go every night to bed with an empty stomach.
Sylvia Frances Chan
Poetess
Old age is beautiful, old age is full of wisdom the wisest person in my life are my grandparents I never regard them as old and worn and to them never a scorn old is Gold....i like old people very much...but i am getting lost the more i grow in age...
lovely poetic expression on OLD age /// its a blessed TIME GOD gives more time to see this BEAUTIFUL world and be grateful to HIM
What an outstanding, beautiful, beautiful poem! Full of kindness and human feeling. Your understanding of old age and its sadness, solitude is amazing. The way you express what you see and feel on the subject, a limpid pool of light and compassion.The unjust treatment of the old by many is presented in all its intolerable sadness. Wish all would read this poem and have their hearts moved as mine has been. Thank you, Silvia. You have a beautiful Soul
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I would like to translate this poem
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These old people have raised their kids with much love is this their thankfulness? - - They need love and tremendous care...They are living God...