Many Do Grow Older

Many do grow older but few do grow wise A saying from the past that to reflection gives rise That to some people of the twenty first century surely does apply Why some seem to fail to realize that life is not eternal one must wonder why Not that much different to the long deceased miners in the days of old In their sixties and seventies and eighties idolizing money the new form of gold As if our greatest gift the gift of life to little does amount To them the material things of life only does count People in their sixties and seventies and eighties with money to spare Their sort as ever today are not rare Life's material things are all they can talk about Of their priorities in life they never leave one in doubt People in years well beyond their lives physical prime Who do not seem to realize that they are running out of time The accumulation of large amounts of money their only idea of success Their aspirational aging peers in this way they impress Immortality for the human body is surely not a lie They do not seem to realize that they are going to die And many grow older but few do grow wise A saying from the past that to reflection gives rise.