God, bless the souls who care for elderly! <br />Oh, what a lovely service they perform! <br />And wretched be those thinking cleverly, <br />Escaping duties, keeping them not warm. <br /> <br />The elder ones took care of us when young; <br />What love they showered when we were children! <br />‘They cooked us tasty foods with wet cow-dung! ’ <br />They told us fables showing what’s heaven. <br /> <br />How can we then repay the love we get? <br />-By taking care of elderly in turn. <br />Can we ever repay their loving debt? <br />We fail to carry sometimes ev’n their urn! <br /> <br />The elderly can bless one’s family; <br />Their curses lead to ruin verily!<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-care-of-the-elderly/
