Young To Old, Old To New Poem by Katherine Perry

Be nice to the older people
And take a little time out for them
It won't be long before your old and feeble
And your own body will no longer mend

Let them remind us we are all on the selfsame
journey
And each day takes us nearer to the time
When we'll be on the other side of a listening
ear learning
That the circle of life is of all creation of
mankind

Though their hair has turned white
And skin so thin it tears
Their voice becomes louder
For it is hard for them to hear

Their body has shrunk
To be much shorter than years past
And their teeth can come out
To show their gums when they laugh

They forget about things that are small
And they might not remember your name at all
But they never forget how to sing
The old hymns after the church bells ring

And no matter if they're angry or sad
It's because they're confused about the life
they once had
Realizing they will never get that back
Reminding them of being old, And the time lived
that took away all that

So let us be more thoughtful
And have patience with their feet so slow
For one day you'll be doing the walking
In those same shoes, when it's time to go

For the most valuable thing we can recieve
more than anything else in life
Is the wisdom of the elderly and their stories
from a lived long life

And let us learn from this wisdom and be enriched
by their insight
So that we may be treated the same before we're
guided towards that heavenly light

Because...
Youth turns into old
When finished with things to do
And the reward comes after living
When the old are made brand new! !