Time on hand!

 

When you’re 71 as I am now,
how much time do you have on hand?
That’s what you secretly wonder while
keeping up the appearances,
smiling.
But, over time you have toughened up,
the soft paw shows the claw for people
trying to dismiss you.
You say ”I have no time on my hand for
such nonsense and bullshit!”
You say ”I’m old” and people think
”frail”!
You say ”cancer” and people just faint.
People say ”do not judge a book by its
cover”, but the book is to be found in
a secondhand shop, only
to be discovered
by people having time on their hand
to just strolling around, aimless and
carefree. Coming around:
”Hello, nice to meet you!”
Old-timers having all time
for others.