To call an old as old is an insult.

No man, old though he may be,
Likes to be treated so
When he is offered a seat beside a women.
No woman, old though she may be,
Likes to be branded so
When she is given a seat beside a man.
Don’t treat the old as old.
11.06.2002, pakd

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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