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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY  – Remember your ageing friends and relatives – by Charles Schokman I’m still here     My looks are nothing special, My face reveals my age, My body shows some wear and tear, And my energy’s not the same.   Too often my memory fails me, And I lose things all the time. One minute I know what I plan to do, And the next it may just slip my mind.   I try hard to avoid my mirror. There are things I would rather not see, And even those times when I just catch a glimpse, I can no longer recognize me.     The things I used to do with ease Can now cause aches and pains, And the quality of the things I do Will never be quite the same. I always compare my older self To those younger versions of me, And I know I’m wasting ...