LET US NOT FEEL SHY

 

                             

                 

                             

               You have become too thin and dry

               But don’t feel shy; don’t ask me why?

               If you like the lady of Brentford, be stout

               No problem, no doubt;

               Even if I be fat like fat Falstaff

               Will you scoff and laugh?      

               Even if I too turned weak and old

               With bald head or grey hair will you scold?

               My gait may not be so steady and swift

               Heavy luggage I may not lift

               My hands may shake while I write

               My grip is not so strong and tight;

               Will you then blame me as old

               With wizened skin, wrinkled and cold?

               Like a shriveled rose you too turned thin

               Still your beauty shines within;

               The glint of your eyes

               Seems like the gentle moon-rise

               Unlike the blazing noon of youth

               Time changes all, an inevitable truth;

               We may have a few complaints and taints

               We are not high heaven-born Saints.

               Thank God we are healthy though not so strong

               Thank God that we have lived so long;

               We have not garnered so much wealth and fame

               We lived so simple, and none can blame;

               In this fast-paced restless rush of life

               Filled with rancor and strife

               We live in peace, so do not grumble

               Though we may sometimes stumble and tumble;

               Age may have robbed your charm

               Yet you remain so steady and calm;

               With mutual trust we stay

               Let us trust God and pray

               Who leads us all in proper ways.

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    Note:  1.  The Fat woman of Brentford - A character mentioned in "Shakespeare's play "The Merry Wives of Windsor".

2. Fat Falstaff:  Sir John Falstaff is a large-bodied dissolute character in Shakespeare's play "Henry IV (Parts I and II) and "merry Wives of Windsor". he is portrayed as "a fat rogue" with a gluttonous appetite for food, wine and sensual living.  

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     8th March 2026                        Somaseshu Gutala