Going, going

 When we go

When we go, we go

In mercy fast, not slow 

Let us live before we die

Let us breathe and see the sky. 

We know it’s safe in nursing homes

We know the peril if we roam

But we prefer to take the chance

Embrace the moment, dance the dance. 

Our loving wives feed us the scarves

But caps and gloves get on our nerves 

We weren’t  born to taper out

We’re so confined we want to shout. 

Living long is over-valued 

When living long means three warm meals

Brought up and and served

By gentle nurses from the Philippines. 

Give us the freedom to make mistakes

To get completely lost if needed

True love means untying bonds

To heed what’s mostly pleaded. 

The dignity to live and die

As God intended, not the system 

That does not trust or really care

As long as rules are kept right there. 

Born free with minds and hearts 

Let us face our destiny

For death is not the enemy 

When our time has come.