Golden Years

Whoever said your elder years were golden
Was feeding you a line.
The elders I hear talking
Say they're definitely not sublime.

Plans for retirement
Get pushed to the side--
And the friends you planned to do things with,
May get sick and even die.

Some elders have to worry
About getting their medicine or food--
And don't always get the respect they deserve,
Some people treat them downright rude.

Their income doesn't increase--
But the bills are still due,
Wealthy elders are among
The very few.

They say the "Golden Years"
Were when they were younger,
And memories were made--
Not this cloud they're now under.