Second Innings - This is a collection of poems written for or from the point of view of an ageing person.
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Child I’m growing old
I’ll need your hand to hold
Just like I held yours
Back when you were young.
Child I’m getting old
I’ll need you to hug me tight
Just like I hugged you and
Helped you through the darkest night.
Child I’m getting old
My wings have grown fragile
Lend me your wings
And fly me a while.
Child, I’m so lonely alone
Please come back home.
(28 March 2007)
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This one specifically talks about parents whose kidshave left the nest, never to turn back.
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.Pd. is here
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/come-back-home-second-innings/
