HOW MANY OLD MEN HAVE I KNOWN
How many old men have I known
Who have felt themselves
Burnishing unused
Alive with their lives over?
How many old men
Have I known
Who have felt a shame of uselessness
A wishing it was all over with already?
How many old men
Have I known
Like myself
Who wonder
How this could possibly have happened
And the hero one knew the world needed most
Has nothing to do anymore?
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Very thought provoking poem this is really drafted about old age. Amazing sharing definitely.10