When Compared To Jim

I feel rather lucky when compared to Jim
Of late things have not been going well for him
A grandfather in his mid seventies healthwise not feeling well
The years on him clearly beginning to tell

His now ex wife of four decades in her late sixties Jan
Of late did forsake him for a younger man
To her he was devoted but with him she did not stay
Love can have it's heartaches it is always this way

A religious man he goes to church every day
To worship his god and with head bowed kneel to pray
And though for her leaving him Jan he does forgive
Without her life for him much harder to live

He feels very lonely living on his own
And it can be said of him better days he has known
The short clipped hair on his balding head is silver gray
In the park one i see often though not every day

With type one diabetes his health on the fail
He looks rather weary and wrinkled and frail
He does have his worries and time is his foe
Though he always does greet me with a friendly hello.