Saturday, May 9, 2026

Old Man






Old Man   ***



Now in elder days I know

the presence of another


Home.

 

 

Other old men kitchen tabled

children gone and wives

just a chair faut silverware

meds at dinner time. 


No job for him the workplace done

his dog the only precious one

phone call once a month or so

I pray for him I am not one.


I think of those in flooded places 

and those tripped up by storms 

man made nature doesn't matter 

in tents or cars alone.   


I was alone lived in a car 

but prayed and days went by 

not for something else 

 was waiting


I was with God inside.  


I loved the One was always there

and now a wife as well 

my son and family 

down the road


somehow were added 

 

Bells and a great sale.  


Perhaps it is not paradise

but I see the signs

and pray for those who are out here

to feel what grows inside. 


One day soon this goes away 

I'll see the rest who've gone

as well as old man tabled now 

and all those who have drowned.  

 

See inside them just this One 

was with me in the car

this is the way it goes out here

and everywhere


We are.  


 

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