Thursday, 31 December 2009

The Old Man by the Sea

THE OLD MAN BY THE SEA

Soporific sounds

Slap, swish, slap, swish

Sea on sandy beach.

Elbow on knee, fist under chin

Pen knife and apple on lap

Breeze stirring grey hair

Man sits thinking.

Of life and Liberty?

Of philosophy?

Or daydreaming

Of times gone by.

Memories of missed hopes

Wondering at lost dreams.

Life’s a bugger

When we get old.

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