At last we start to do things well,
just simple tasks each day:
hod car park cards the right way round;
foresee the need for change.
Our actions become calmer, therefore surer;
we're less likely to do harm.
We even classify our paperwork
and know exactly where things are.
It's sad we didn't reach this stage before,
or that this quiet efficiency won't last.
What took so long to learn
will fade away quite fast.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A perfectly written example of if we only knew and did then what we know and do now! Love the added reminder ending that these middle age years also will end far too quickly. Wonderful job with this one!