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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372521" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What Parents When Old, Want From Their Children …</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you were small, a helpless kid, <br>Just imagine what parents did, <br>From feeding to keeping you clean –<br>A routine that had always been! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And now when parents are quite aged, <br>They feel like birds both that are caged; <br>Just give them half the love they gave; <br>Don’t lose your temper / misbehave! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you were small and could not bathe, <br>Mom bathed you with towel to swathe, <br>And wiped you dry and combed your hair, <br>All your mischief, she had to bear! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When parents are now pretty old, <br>Or have a fever, catch a cold, <br>Should not the children care for them, <br>And treat them for each new problem? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you were just a little child, <br>And parents scolded you so mild, <br>To show you what was wrong and right, <br>And chalk a future that was bright! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And now when parents have gone weak, <br>To walk, your assistance, they seek, <br>Oblige them with a heart all glad: <br>Old age is less happy, much sad! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you were craving for good food, <br>Your mother cooked it as she should, <br>And heaved a sigh of great relief, <br>When you’d slept, in disbelief! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And now, when parents ask something, <br>Be kind and courteously do bring, <br>They cannot buy whatev’r they feel; <br>They cannot run or walk or kneel! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you’d joined school for the first time, <br>And could not say even a rhyme, <br>Your mom had taught you how to write, <br>And sang a ‘lullaby’ at night! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And now when parents cannot read, <br>And reached a stage, they cannot feed, <br>Shouldn’t children help them with these chores, <br>And see that they don’t get bed-sores? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you were children very small, <br>And appeared each, a tiny doll, <br>Your parents helped to dress you up, <br>And without spilling, drink from cup! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When parents elderly now need, <br>A blanket when it’s cold indeed, <br>Should children not offer the same, <br>Avoiding saying words of shame? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">As children, you knew not to talk, <br>And parents taught you how to walk, <br>And told you stories, sang you songs, <br>Correcting you in all your wrongs! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now old-aged parents, need your love, <br>And not the warmth of any stove! <br>They want their children to converse, <br>And not a filled wallet or purse! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You turned a man, woman o’er years, <br>While parents wiped away your tears, <br>And found a partner good for life, <br>Ensuring days, devoid of strife.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When parents are now bed-ridden, <br>And tell you truths that were hidden, <br>Shouldn’t you mitigate suffering, <br>Without causing some bickering? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, children, you cannot return<br>The love what parents’ hearts did burn; <br>Thank God for giving such great souls, <br>Who led you to heavenly goals.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The least that aged parents ask, <br>Is see their children do God’s task, <br>And live in harmony with all<br>Relatives, neighbors, till Lord’s call! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So, do your duty to parents<br>In ripe old age in ways you can, <br>And get their blessings on kindred, <br>That stays generations hundred! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Attend on parents in good cheer; <br>Be kind to them and always near; <br>Not all offspring get this chance rare, <br>To have parents old-aged, to care! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright by Dr John Celes 5-12-2008</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q>
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And now when parents are quite aged, 
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