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Old Man Cuz
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Old Man Cuz |
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Rodney Belcher Member
since 2000-06-06
Posts 227Taylor, Michigan |
Old Man Cuz Long ago memories, tucked inside of his head Make beaten paths like so many small feet He lives for today, but the times he do dread To live in the past would be ever so sweet When paces were slower, people befriending The air was much cleaner, the water ran clearer An idle summer day, seeming unending When family & friends couldn’t be nearer Tho not for the better, the times they have changed The world has grown smaller, yet people have spread Newer and faster, our values now rearranged Feeling, compassion written off as if dead Yet still he yearns for those simpler times When those who had wronged, owned up to their faults He sits and he dreams and his spirit climbs Oblivious to the reality, he’s lost in his thoughts Love one another-let God do the worrying, Rodney |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Very good..I feel like this myself..though I'm neither old nor a man..  |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
We all feel that way at times. jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
Oh this one touched my heart. I have a soft spot for the elderly. I think that they long for the old days, not so much because they were young, but because society had a certain reverance for the elderly. Society treated them with respect and now they're pushed aside and labeled worthless. Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. What I meant to say was... This is a wonderful piece and I enjoyed it greatly!!  --You can either take me as I am...or you can watch me as I go.-- |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~Oh Yes, yes,...I like this. Very well written,...and definately have felt like this. Thought provoking. Take care of you. *Peace. |
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Rodney Belcher Member
since 2000-06-06
Posts 227Taylor, Michigan |
Thank you all for your responses...I work with "Cuz", he is an older man that sits and reminisces...and loves to talk about the old days in Kentucky...and I love to talk about them too because it helps with my genealogy research...and by virtue of out talking I found out that he and I may be related and that I am related to an old school friend of his...it is a small world when we let our guard down and talk to one another... Love one another-let God do the worrying, Rodney |
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Colin Senior Member
since 1999-06-05
Posts 596Callington, Cornwall, England |
Old Man Cuz sounds like he's got his head well screwed on! Eric. "We are the music makers and we are the makers of dreams." - Willy Wonka. |
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