61. Feisty Finale

Olive Riley, the World's Oldest Blogger, has died at the age of 108. I have just read her last Blog, no doubt dictated, but in Olive's authentic voice. In it she speaks of enjoying a singsong with the nurses. That really appealed to me and this little poem is dedicated to her.

FEISTY FINALE

What were you singing, Olive,

As you lay there in your bed?

What were the little choruses

Revolving in your head?

A little of 'Daisy Daisy'

Or 'Two Little Girls in Blue';

The songs of your long-lost childhood

When the world was sparkling new?

We marvel at your staying-power,

The fact that you lived so long,

But the chief thing I'll remember

Is that you left life with a song.