Beginnings: sweet and cute and toddling,
Collecting
goodwill, pride and spoiling.
Giving
joy with everything
That’s
said or done, though unwitting.
Seconds:
attitudes and fears,
Triumphs,
tragedies and cheers.
Stretching,
hoping, dreams and tears
While
setting up for later years.
Thirds:
school’s out, job’s in, and, oh!
Is
this the rest of life? Oh! Oh!
Morning:
jams and evening: slow,
And
weekends always on the go!
Fourths:
career, perhaps a spouse,
And
children, too, and a car and a house.
Sports
matches, parties and crowds
Dull
moments? Are you serious?!!!!!!
Fifths:
university looms large,
And
bills and costs: what a barrage!
Ailments
enter, take center stage,
And
we start to bemoan our age!
Sixths:
as life slows down, we find
A
deeper, greater heart and mind
Grew
out of all we’ve left behind
So,
we were wiser all this time . . .
So,
to our elders wherever,
They
be and also however,
Appreciation
failing never,
For
structuring our lives’ endeavour!
Sandra Fernando
12th
Oct. 2025, Kalubowila, Dehiwela
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