When a person’s just fifty they’re really still young,
And haven’t yet stepped on the very first rung
Of the ladder that starts when a person is old –
They’re not even close to the elderly fold.
At sixty they’re maybe approaching the time
When they can start thinking one day they must climb
On the very first step of the journey which leads
To a life which in general more slowly proceeds.
At seventy they may be still feeling fine,
And confident old age is far down the line.
At eighty as well, many people don’t feel
Being thought of as elderly’s part of the deal.
At ninety, perhaps, they might want to slow down.
But still don’t like wearing the elderly crown.
That’s for the old, of a hundred or more,
And they’ve got another ten years left in store.
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