My passing is perhaps timely

My passing is perhaps timely

I see the world around me
It’s one I can no longer bear
For there are many in it whose way of life
Makes clear, it is not one I can share

That saddens me for I am no longer young you see
My conduct and values are of the past
Today’s young folk see such conduct as a joke
And as to values, well, they're equally unlikely to last

What a legacy we have left to them
Though personally I feel no great guilt
There are powers beyond the ballot box
Beyond all what we've created and built

I say all this to show I cared
With age did wisdom grow
Not that anyone will remember me in time to come
To remark, (he/she) told us so

My passing is perhaps timely
Sounding as bitter as perhaps I am
More saddened I would say than bitter
As I say, what I say, now I can

Farewell this world, farewell my friends
Signing off forever and all
Thank you for being in my life
And all things which within did befall.

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