Dear Lord, I'm 80

Today, Dear Lord, I'm 80 and there's much I haven't done.
I hope, Dear Lord, you'll let me live until I'm 81.
But then, if I haven't finished all I want to do,
would you let me stay awhile -- until I'm 82?

So many places I want to go, so very much to see--
So you think that you could manage to make it 83?
The world is changing very fast.
There is so much in store.
I'd like to live until I'm 84.

And if by then I'm still alive,
I'd like to stay 'til 85 -
So many things in this world
I'd really like to fix
and see what happens when I am 86.

I know Dear Lord, it's much to ask
(and it must be nice in heaven),
but I would really like to stay until I'm 87.

I know by then I won't be fast and sometimes will be late;
but it would be 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...maybe.

I'm 90, Lord, my mind is sound:
I like it here -- I can still walk around.
My time is limited, I know,
and someday I'll have to go.
I'm not greedy or guided by fears;
I want to see what happens in the next few years.
I'm sure you've heard this plea before,
but my bags will be packed at 104!

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