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Lexxigramer
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posted August 27, 2013 04:52 PM
  
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When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.😞
Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.
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One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.
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And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.
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Cranky Old ManWhat do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?
What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me?
A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?
Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!'
Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.
And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?
Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse .you're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another
A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.
At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.
At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,
But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn.
At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee,
Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.
I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.
And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known.
I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.
It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart.
There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,
And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells
I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.
And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.
I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.
Not a cranky old man .
Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!!
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Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too!
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PLEASE SHARE THIS POEM!
The best and most beautiful things of this world can't be seen or touched. They must be felt by the heart!
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I feel much as the cranky old man.
Without a serious miracle my time is running out.😞
Please be kind to old folks💙
I can say that because I am an old cranky person too.
Not everyone is lucky enough to agree gracefully.
To often the pain agony and despair drag us
screaming then limping to an existence that
Is just a waiting for the clock to run out.
I hope reincarnation is real.
One of my old signature lines bespeaks of such a reality.💕😎
~I remember,
therefore I am immortal
~Lexxigramer
Value your health your lives and be kind to
Suffering folks who are on a way that is not always their own doing.
Life and death are the same coin of being human.
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charmainec
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posted September 24, 2013 04:04 AM
this is such an inspirational and beautiful thread  thank you for bringing tears to my face and making me feel human again IP: Logged |
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posted September 24, 2013 05:40 AM
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posted September 24, 2013 05:42 AM
You're welcome bethbabe  ------------------
~I remember,
therefore I am immortal
~Lexxigramer
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posted September 30, 2013 12:51 PM
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Merry Christmas ------------------
Partial truth~the seeds of wisdom~can be found in many places...The seeds of wisdom are contained in all scriptures ever written… especially in art, music, and poetry and, above all, in Nature.
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posted December 13, 2015 04:37 PM
That is beautiful, I will share it, thanks Lexx.IP: Logged |
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posted December 14, 2015 10:14 AM
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Originally posted by Valentine:
That is beautiful, I will share it, thanks Lexx.
Thank you Valentine.
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posted December 14, 2015 10:16 AM
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Originally posted by juniperb:
Merry Christmas
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posted December 14, 2015 10:17 AM
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Originally posted by Randall:
Thank you for the bump!
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posted December 15, 2015 01:59 PM
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posted December 15, 2015 08:38 PM
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