My World Is Shrinking

My World Is Shrinking

 

My world is disappearing

I think it’s quickly shrinking

That is what I am fearing

It is what I am thinking

 

I go to many places

Faces I look at thrice

But none of all those faces

I seem to recognize

 

Seeing friends gave me pleasure

Whenever I went out

But now there is no treasure

In being one of the crowd

 

It’s Nature just fulfilling

A job that’s not too kind

My friends it keeps on killing

Leaving me right behind

 

I know I should be happy

For leaving me alone

But I feel most unhappy

For not yet having gone

 

I know family surrounds me

But it is not enough

My fiends I cannot see

And that is mighty tough

 

My children come around

To see me once in a while

But lately I have found

That that I can’t reconcile

 

 

 

 

I want to see them often

To chatter with them miles

But their schedules they can’t soften

And that leaves me with no smiles

 

But I can understand

And I am pretty certain

That old age goes hand in hand

With becoming a burden

 

But Nature let’s not blame

For my present situation

Because Nature is just the flame

Of our Lord’s divine action

 

Only He has the choice

Of taking those He takes

He’s the One with the voice

And He never makes mistakes

 

I’ll forget my impatience

And wait for Him to call

I’ll wait with equal patience

Seeing many of my friends fall

 

Real soon my time will come

And I will my friends see

That day I’ll surely welcome

Chatting we soon will be