GAZING
Sitting here just feasting mine eyes
Young girls passing don’t say Hi!
Once I was young but now I am old
All my stories have already been told
 
No more churlish smiles I get
They don’t notice, I can bet
Now that the dark hair and curls are gone
That is the sign of a weaning dawn
 
Half past, plus four, in my sojourner’s life
Certainly there was love and plenty of strife,
Although there were bad, there were good things too
But the older I get, the less I do
 
The morale of this story is not to depress
Just helping others not to regret,
You see, life is a treasure always to remember
Even when good sight is getting dimmer!

© Sheriff Ali 2006