Cranky Old Me

Things have never been perfect

Try to do the best, but it’s never enough

No matter how much goes right

There is always complaining to be done

But you are the opposite of me

Things aren’t always perfect for you

But I never hear you grumble

There are always thanks to be had

I don’t treat you perfectly

I pick at your every fault

And when things don’t go my way,

I just moan and complain

You put up with my cranky ways

And love me all the same

I admire your consistency

And your ability to put up with me

But all this has to change

An end has to be put to my ways

I promise from now on I will try to do better

And be positive instead of negative

Thanks for standing by me

And doing the best you can

To help me control my temper

And to help me control my tongue

Joanne Kennedy

March 2004 Ó