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Graduation

Were you watching Nanny?
And you, Auntie Phyl?
From your lofty residence
on some heavenly hill.

Did you see our girl get honoured
surrounded by all that history?
She's on her way now, and will cope
with life's unfolding mystery.

The fair haired child you loved so much
has fought and earned her due
the tears in my eyes at her ceremony
were also there for you.

Proud Father 02/07/02

Old Man

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.

Milestones

A birth under bright lights
with unsteady steps to come.
Large new eyes view new sights
while safely held by mum.

A deep breath - and into school
an old hand by the end of the day.
You pay attention or play the fool
make friends and you are on the way.

A first kiss that glows in your soul
with troubled emotions burning.
Lifelong loving is now your goal
and marriage stems the yearning.

Then come child and maybe child
and you find a different sort of love.
The point of being now reconciled
and possibly there is a God above.

Now, your lover and brood have gone,
alone, you brace your mind
to where you were heading all along
and when there, what you will find.

At each step in life we must be willing
to learn what to take, leave, or share.
Probably on balance life's been fulfilling
and the journey worth the fare?

December 2004