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The Old Man
Contributed by
lilbabe
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Wednesday, 14th June 2006 @ 01:42:47 PM in AEST
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When you look in the yard
You can see the lost hope
The broken hearts, the emotions
An old man unsure how to cope
It seems that not so long ago
He had a dream life
A home, money, a nice car, three kids
And a beautiful wife
He can see it very clearly
Even though his eyes are weak
The devotion she put into the garden
When her health was at it's peak
The tree house he built for his kids
Tall and sturdy, but with a rickety swing
His daughter used to play there,
An angel with broken wings
He son, he used to climb
Up in that big, old tree
Then they had to take him away
Because of alcohol and weed
His daughter carried on
With her grades, her looks, her pride
But she harbored dark secrets
Leading to her bloody suicide
The couple tried to put it behind them
After all, the still had their other baby girl
They vowed to protect her,
To save her from this world
She gave them one grandchild
Before she had to die
The cancer killed her
And God gave no reason why
The couple aged, the years flew by
They had no time to weep
The promised their baby they would carry on,
A promise they intended to keep
It wasn't long before
Old Mrs.Jones passed away
As Mr.Jones held her hand
On Heaven's Glorious Day
He survived it all,
He made it through
The pain, the torture, the love. the laughter
Could you?
The old man walks
Down to his wife's grave
He loved her so much and
To her his heart is a slave
He lies nears the fresh pile of dirt
His hand skims the polished stone
He knows she's down there in the dark
This thought sends chills down to his bones
He feels so tired, he has grown weary
He whisphers, "It's been a good 78 years"
He has won, conquered life
Through laughter and tears
There are voices in the distance
Calling his name
He can hear their panicked tones
Then the old man realizes why they came
Soon his body is in the ground
But his soul roams the open sky
He's up in Heaven, with his family
Carrying on, for your soul never dies
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lilbabe
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Re: The Old Man
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by Mixed_Emotional_Girl on
Wednesday, 14th June 2006 @ 01:55:29 PM AEST
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| Wow, what an emotional poem, I find that wonderful. I love the rhyme scheme, I use the some thing, It's much easier to use then every line rhyming. |
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Re: The Old Man
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by irodethetrain2u on
Wednesday, 14th June 2006 @ 03:11:14 PM AEST
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| Beautiful and heart wrenching. You gave me goosebumps! |
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Re: The Old Man
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by wolf_tamer on
Wednesday, 14th June 2006 @ 07:40:32 PM AEST
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this is a very sad poem. but there's a lot of things going on like that in this world. very good write. i enjoyed it a lot
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