Adding Life To Days

When I feel lonely, Nobody's there for me but I only.

I see myself alone in a crowd,

Trying to speak but my voice isn't loud.

When my folks try to put me down,

It is none but I who has to frown.

I try...I try to be strong,

But my timid nature proves me wrong.

I have reached a point in my life,

Where I have no friends not even my wife.

My friends were once there for me;

But now when I'm old, I have none but just me.

My children are away in a foreign land,

And all alone, here I stand.

Loneliness, now, is a part of my life,

Dealing with it is tough without my wife.

"Enough is enough!" I said to myself;

I realised that I need some help.

After many ifs and buts,

I have taken a decision with all my guts.

I would be leaving tomorrow for an 'Old Age Home',

A Haven for us people alone.

I will add life to the days I have left,

With all new vigour and zest.

Now, I will have many a new friend,

Living life together before the end.