That Long-old Saying!

I know of a long-old saying...it’s easily said but hardly ever done!

I know of an old man

He once was full of life

They said he once had a beautiful wife

He drove the nicest cars

He could stay on the phone for hours

They said it's 'cos he had so many friends

But it’s funny how those things all came to an end

I see him now, begging on the streets

He watches the cars pass him by daily

Trendy suits, windows up, sitting at the owner’s corner

They never pay him mind

He smiles with tears in his eyes

He sees himself in them

He never helped anyone and he particularly laughed at old poor people

He wondered what they did with their youth and called them lazy

He told himself he was working hard and had enough to take care of his old self

But somehow, life out-smarted him, he no longer felt so witty

All he could do was drown in self-pity.

I know of a sad married woman

They said she used to be a fair lady

Very fair, Very beautiful

Many men admired her, other ladies envied her

She was first to buy the most expensive car

She could stay on the phone for hours

They say she only spoke to married men whose relationships had gone sour

They pampered her and gave her the nicest things money could buy

She was too pretty, she didn’t even have to try

Now her beloved husband has a name on the streets

I particularly like them young, he says to the girls on the streets

He pays his wife no mind

She's young but somehow she looks old

Wrinkles for the sadness and spots for the tears

She looks at her husband's mistresses

She smiles with tears in her eyes

She sees herself in them

She couldn't help but wonder how many women she made sad back then

Now she sleeps in the mansion she built in pity's den.

I know of a lady, she goes by the name Karma

I hear she's very well despised and hated

She has a name on the streets that sounds so much like the beach

But unlike the beach, she is not cool

She brings on the heat and I hear she multiplies it by a hundred

I met her once, we had a heartfelt conversation

She didn’t seem so bad to me

She said she came to deliver a box of chocolates to me

She said she saw me give a little boy a piece, so I get a box

I asked her why everyone thought she was such a wicked fox

She smiled and told me one simple line I always knew and will never forget

She took me back to the beginning and she said

I know of a long-old saying…it’s easily said but hardly ever done!

It says "treat others the way you want to be treated".