we are always asked <br />to understand the other person's <br />viewpoint <br />no matter how <br />out-dated <br />foolish or <br />obnoxious. <br /> <br />one is asked <br />to view <br />their total error <br />their life-waste <br />with <br />kindliness, <br />especially if they are <br />aged. <br /> <br />but age is the total of <br />our doing. <br />they have aged <br />badly <br />because they have <br />lived <br />out of focus, <br />they have refused to <br />see. <br /> <br />not their fault? <br /> <br />whose fault? <br />mine? <br /> <br />I am asked to hide <br />my viewpoint <br />from them <br />for fear of their <br />fear. <br /> <br />age is no crime <br /> <br />but the shame <br />of a deliberately <br />wasted <br />life <br /> <br />among so many <br />deliberately <br />wasted <br />lives <br /> <br />is.<br /><br />Charles Bukowski<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/be-kind/
