http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/shel_silverstein/poems/14823
So today, I was reading peoms, when I found a few by Shel Silverstein. My favorite one is definitely  The little boy and the old man (Link above). It seems like a silly little fun poem at first, but then the meaning becomes clear. In the past, elders and children where considered extremely important. Kids where the future and the elderly where the past. People actually understood how important they where. Nowadays, people show no respect to the elderly or young...even myself, in fact. I know to show respect for my elders, but I dont always feel it. And that's a terrible thing.