ADDING LIFE TO YEARS

From the moment we are born, we add something to our life,
Adding what, is more vital than we really hold in possession,
The first day taught us to cry, the biggest strength or strife
Vociferously expressing anguish or demanding an attention.

Learned to add tears from the first month to show emotions
Sight added two weeks later, to recognize your dear breed
Social smile later added to wilfully express your intentions
Roll, crawl, brawl, skid, stand and walking spree joining in add.

Running was the next, the unknown fear truly in this edition,
Circumspection, daredevil bravery, fall all added in due time,
Anger, dislikes, hatreds, jealousy in that order, also peeped in
We added alphabets, then real additions before subtractions.

From then on all good things and equally worse got installed,
Adding years to life than adding life to years went unabated,
Lover, a new companion in one’s life, the sweetest attached
Children, topping the treasured list, were the greatest added.

Then near and dear added to when greying began, its series
The already greying eye lens started to add lenses for sight,
New responsibilities were added, so too the senile miseries,
Losses began to add woes, parents, and dear went out of sight.

Cholesterol in the vessel wall adding their share of worry tale
Vital organs too began to add their aging miseries in number.
Grey matter of the brain bustling for the cracker of the finale
The D-day ushers in, our lives added to that eternal slumber.