GETTING OLDER BY THE MINUTE:award winner

GETTING OLDER BY THE MINUTE


As I complete my sixty
Six years and move ahead,
I know I would never make
The target of hundred.

In fact every morning I,
To myself, do remind
That in keeping me going,
The Lord to me is kind.

Many have perished out of
Those who came in my life,
Friends and colleagues and even
My life partner, my wife.

I have a feeling now that
Older by the minute,
I am getting day by day,
Soon my life will be shut.

Does that mean that I am stressed?
No, why should that be so?
My Heavenly Father knows
What His son needs below.

He fulfills my every want
And tells me what to do.
He gave me His commandments
That are His own words true.

When he calls me I shall go
Without any regret.
But, till then I must work hard,
This I should not forget.

May He see to it that I
Don't while my time away.
May I keep on working and
Praying, that is the way.



• Written in abcb, 7-6-7-6 format

• Awarded third prize in the "SENIOR CENTER FORUM" contest, "SENIOR CENTER FORUM" , (Monthly round 21 March to 21 April 2008), hosted by COUNTRYMOM-JUST REMEMBER ME

M C Gupta
23 March 2008