Old Age Poem by Liam ó Comáin

Old age is a part
Of the 3rd phase:
1st the biological,
2nd the mental,
3rd the spiritual.
Three phases
Of human life
Which can
Permeate
Each other,
For example.
A child saint...
1st- conception
To about 20,
2nd- 20 to
About 40,
3rd- 40 to
60 plus.
The latter -
The flowering
Of the whole
Personality,
The phase
Of the spirit-
The real aim of life-
Opening to the eternal
Which is human destiny.
The period in which we
Are fully human.