I Got Old Much Sooner Than I Had Expected

I Got Old Much Sooner Than I Had Expected
By Kathryn Nutt Shamburge

[Mrs. Kathryn Shamburger is a native of Stephenville, Texas, a graduate of Baylor University, and a resident of Tyler where her late husband, Dr. William Shamburger, was the long-time pastor of the First Baptist Church.]

I got old much sooner than I expected.

Age had crossed my mind, but that thought I`d rejected!

I meant to grow roses, the talk of the town,

Be presented at Court in a white satin gown,

Sing in Carnegie Hall, take a bow at the Met,

Preach to the lost in Shanghai or Tibet.

Meant to rock the grandchildren more-sew for them too,

Make little girls` dresses embroidered in blue,

Do needlework, housework, and make it seem play,

Lose weight, get a face lift-model with clay.

Meant to work with ceramics, make chickens and frogs,

Roll all my newspapers into neat fireplace logs.

Meant to ride on a jet ski-go diving for pearls,

And fly across oceans to exotic new worlds.

Those far away places whose names I can`t say

Are forever calling by night and by day.

I got old so much sooner than I had expected

Age had crossed my mind, but that thought I`d rejected.

I will not get old (or at least I`ll pretend)

For deep down inside me my youth will not end!

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