OAP I cannot Be! by Lorraine Roberts

Oh no the letter's arrived - a sight to behold

Now I'm a pensioner, officially old!

It just CANNOT be, the years have flown fast

I once had a future but now it's more past

Where have my dreams gone? they've melted away

I once had tomorrows but now live for today

What have I learnt from the passing of years?

I know I've had trials and shed buckets of tears

Mistakes and wrong paths, I've followed a few

but youth with no wisdom is just what we do

Our God has been with me from baby to grey

I oft didn't know that He'd guided the way

So in life's cycle I embrace this next phase

It's not to the world but to heaven I'll gaze

I thank heaven above for the years I've been given

To Faith, Trust and Hope in Eternal I'm driven

The letter from Pensions is only a marker

That old age is lighter and surely not darker

Young, mid and old age should firmly unite

...  Whatever our age we must FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT ...