EIGHTY TODAY

Eighty Today, dear Lord,

I am 80, and there's

much I haven't done.

I hope, dear Lord, you'll let me live to 8l.

But, if I haven't finished all I want to do

would you please let me stay awhile,

until I'm 82?

So many places I want to go,

so much I want to see.

Do you think you could manage

to make it 83? 

Many things I may have done,

but there's so much left in store,

I'd like very much to live to 84.

And if by then, I'm still alive,

I'd like to stay to 85.

The world is changing very fast,

so I'd like to stick and see what

happens to the world when I am 86.

I know, dear Lord, it's a lot to ask,

and it will be nice in heaven,

but I'd really like to stay around until I'm 87.

I know by then I won't be fast,

and sometimes, I'll be late,

but it would be oh-so-pleasant to be around at 88.

I will have seen so many things

and had a wonderful time,

so I'm sure that I'll be willing to leave at 89.

(Well-maybe!)

Author Unknown

This is another one from Ann Landers