"Turning Fifty"

Is is something to contemplate
My sister's here to celebrate
A belated second birthday like the queen
Though no twelve gun salutes to be seen
Now she's sailed past the
Big Hawaii-Five-O
It's time for this poem
From her little bro.
This is the best card
For the next century half
Until the next big one
From King William's staff.
Old age creeping up don't be frightened
Your life need not be blightened
The world's your Oyster
When you get your bus pass
And you can take up pottery at an evening class.
False teeth in a jar by your bed
Enjoying cocoa before you rest your head
Getting early for the Post Office queue
Staying up late for bingo too
Discount holidays with a company called SAGA
Drinking sherry instead of lager.
So turning fifty is not the end
Think of it more as a godsend.
Maybe a role model
Like Coronation Street's Vera
As my sister Kathy
Enters a new era!

Dulwich Poet 7th September 2013

(My sister Kathy was 50 in July. She had a girls week away in Spain to celebrate. I wrote this in her card for a belated little party she had for family and friends later in the evening of the day I wrote this. I have no idea if she liked it or even opened it...as the old saying goes..."It's the thought that counts...")