A Cranky Old Dear

Not a pleasant octogenarian she is quite a cranky old dear
But life she is determined to cling to she surely will not die this year
A decade ago her husband left her which has become her reason for disliking men
Now happily married to a younger woman he says he escaped the lioness den
Perhaps there is no scorn greater than that of the old rejected wife
She feels bitter because her husband left her though she had given to him a miserable life
She has not been with a man since he left her though it does seem a fair thing to say
That any man for to woo her has not gone out of his way
She has lived to see her great grandchildren though she does live on her own
But with age she has not mellowed into a cranky old dear she has grown
She does not attend any community gatherings and she says she does not need a friend
She could not even force herself to smile since she is not one to pretend
Unhappy in her early eighties but to life to the last she will cling
The Reaper of Lives must wait on her for this will not be her last Spring.