Funeral Poem : Let Me Not See Old Age

Funeral poem for middle aged person. They are past the age of youth, but will never suffer from disabilities that may come with old age.

Funeral Poem : Let Me Not See Old Age

Let me not see old age:

Let me not hear the proffered help, the mumbled sympathy,
The well-meant tactful sophistries
that mock pathetic husks
who once were strong and free.
And in youth's fickle triumph laughed and sang,
Loved, and were foolish;
and at the close have seen the fruits of folly garnered,
and that love, tamed and encaged, stale into grey routine.

Let me not see old age;
I am content with my few crowded years;
Laughter and strength and song have lit the beacon of my life.

Let me not see it fade,
but when the long September shadows steal across the square,
Grant me this wish:
They may not find me there.