Golden Years Poems by Lynn Barany He came just for a visit But he wasn't really here He would say "Hello" in the morning, And "Goodnight", when he climbed the stairs. Mainly he would sit in silence Breathing in and out, There was nothing on his mind Of that I have no doubt. This is the man I looked up to For many, many years, When I asked for his opinion He took away my fears. He never asked that much from me But to do my very best, Now I don't ask too much from him Just to sit with me and rest. Why is life so unfair To the elderly, and the good, Couldn't they just grow old With grace the way they should. Why does this disease Affect the ones so fine, So in their golden years They have nothing on their minds. If only I could help some way, and not feel so very bad, But this disease has taken over My dear, beloved DAD ...

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Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)