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Old But Gold

 

The gray hair shone

 

Attitude still cold

 

All bad habits sold

 

She said kill any foe

 

That step on her toe

 

Many truths unfold

 

Life secrets she told

 

Shooting stars break the mold

 

There’s beauty in fire and coal

 

Gleaming with joy when retired

 

Grandma said build me an Empire

 

Cuz that is what the heart desires

 

She taught mom how to inquire

 

All the skill full needs to inspire

 

And set our youthful age on fire

 

Knowing that this generation entire

 

Will make the feelings of love expire

 

She said let’s sit round the campfire

 

And watch till when the sky’s Sapphire

 

Too much wisdom the aged acquires

 

Like a lifetime of a vampire

 

That same wisdom the young Requires

 

For the journey ahead is hotter than fire

 

Some say experience is legendary

 

But you must do what is necessary

 

The less you show, the less they know

 

The less you speak the more you think

 

We all are in the same game

 

Just different levels

 

Dealing with the same hell

 

Just different devils

 

If people looked just like their personalities

 

Then there will be no trace of any abnormalities

 

No nice in me, left with vulnerabilities

 

We all want to live in luxuries just like celebrities

 

Cutting people out with no hesitation

 

Doing your own thing owing no explanation

 

Play the victim role control every situation

 

If you sell by the roadside you will see many things

 

Watching other people, you will get many dreams

 

Wishing you had a life so full of luxuries

 

But in this case you can’t even stay away from enemies

 

You see some girls try to play hard to get

 

But some lessons are not meant to forget

 

If you go to the market

 

And break a person’s bucket

 

Then you put hand in your Pocket

 

But you can’t find your wallet

 

Stop that nonsense you tell your conscience

 

But rugged is he that took the content

 

A young boy of seven

 

Not scared to hold the AK47

 

But may not live long

 

Die at twenty seven

 

The high man be flexing

 

His colleagues not minding

 

Whatever is happening

 

Because they are already planning

 

For their next generations

 

The low guys no see light

 

They go still use generator

 

That is how it always has been

 

A tradition gone back generations

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