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A Treasure Trove

A Treasure Trove

 

We have become the sediment of society

a deposit of no value, a used product

We have less use than a compost heap

or so they would like us to believe

 

Our hair has turned white and often falls out

arthritis plagues our mobility and comfort

Medication assists us along the way

and bereft of adequate funds we are forced to stay at home

 

A sad landscape of old age is readily painted

a meadow of inertia filled with rocking chairs

Those who speak of the past and dwell in personal nostalgia

a generation who wait on God

 

Time is no longer on our side but behold we conceal a treasure trove

a wealth of experience with qualifications which sleep

A shake of the shoulder from such slumber

will unfurl an untapped resource and some sparkling gems

 

We ladies and gentlemen for that is what we are

have in our life´s luggage what the young are searching for

Soundness of thought from encyclopaedias of knowledge

sit as books on shelves which gather nought but dust

 

The surface needs only a gentle scrape

as beneath this venerable veneer lies a treasure trove

To harness this potential could be for the good of all

why allow it to lie untouched and dormant

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Taylor Crowshaw

Mon 5th Nov 2018 18:39

Great theme Keith...

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 5th Nov 2018 16:32

Youth tends to take old age to task
And affix the badge of blame,
When all they have to do is ask:
Common sense is its unsought name!

<Deleted User> (18980)

Mon 5th Nov 2018 16:08

A good theme Keith, and yes we older people are too often ignored or taken for granted. However, we often prevent ourselves from being included because of our age. We need to disregard our actual age and do what we feel like and what we can. Doctors think they're helping by prescribing certain drugs at a particular age whether we need them or not.

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