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Sitting outside on your porch
Drinking lemonade
Thinking nothing more
Back in your day
All they'd say,
Of course,
Was everything,
Bright lights,
And screams
Turning out so dark?
Now that you're older
You'd think you're the wiser
But really all I see
Is an old man
Who could never think
Yes, as a child
You never thought
Your plots, through
Crawling under cars
Wishing upon stars
You'd never know that you
Have to join the army
Responsibility,
Struggling,
Helping out your family
If they were here,
They'd joke about your ears
How you can barely hear
Asking if you remember
That news in September
Germany invaded
But memory has faded
Now that you're older
You'd think you're the wiser
But really all I see
Is experience
And company
Walking down the street
Getting lost
Hoping
That someone finds you here
Breaking down
Crying
All alone
Yet surviving
Had a dream
Of your siblings
While they sleep
Slowly breathing
And you sing
Softly:
"Has my life really come down to this?
Forgot your names
And all I know is
Life isn't a game,
My friend,
So this is the end
This is the end."
- by Misao Harada 1 |
- Poetry And Lyrics
- | Submitted on 08/10/2013 |
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- Title: Older, Not Wiser
- Artist: Misao Harada 1
- Description: This poem is about an elderly man who lives alone, has no family, and has severe Alzheimer's disease.
- Date: 08/10/2013
- Tags: older wiser
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