Old Man

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What's your story
Old man?
What have you seen
And done?
Put down that watering can
And sit here in the sun.

Tell me of wars
Old man
Times short of work
And food
Did you serve or work the land
Just did the best you could?

And after that 
Old man
You say you took 
A wife
Had a child but lost her
So ran away from life.

You ran for thirty years
Old man?
And never more saw
Your home?
Do you find this garden
Has cured your need to roam?

Are you happy now
Old man?
Do you hear the
Skylarks song?
Is your soul at peace here
Have your demons gone?

I've heard your story
Old man
So I know what 
To do
If life is cruel to me sometime
I'll get a garden too.
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Published by Phil W Walter

Phillip Walter was born in 1944 in Harold Park, Essex. He served an apprenticeship in Engineering and in his subsequent career was a director of several companies in the plastics arena. He has travelled widely and lived in America. He is married with three children, has two dogs and now lives in Billericay.

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