'Aging With Grace'
Growing old isn't easy for a life that's well spent
My get up and go done got up and went
My nose isn't working for I've done lost my scent
My get up and go done got up and went
Now hearing's a problem, I can't hear my wife vent
My get up and go done got up and went
My youth's in the past, I don't feel worth a cent
My get up and go done got up and went
Can't focus on much 'cause my brain's not intent
My get up and go done got up and went
Hair falling out and these teeth they don't fit
My get up and go done got up and went
Now I sit in a daze act like I'm content
'Cause my get up and go done got up and went
Now don't laugh at me for you'll have to repent
When your get up and go has got up and went
Billy Arrington is the poet laureate for Sweetwater Baptist Church in North Augusta.
