Vance Oliphant,Old Man</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=20.htm>Vance Oliphant</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>Old Man</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>Just down the road....around the bend,<br>An old man reminisces with a friend.<br>He tells of his childhood and the goodtimes he had;<br>Of how good life was when he was a lad.<br>He tells of his parents....so dear to him;<br>Of grandparents too, although memoriesare dim.<br>He tells of experiences he had in the war;<br>Of some events he has never relatedbefore.<br>He tells of friends he made and buddieshe lost;<br>Of the fallacy of war and the terrible cost.<br>He tells of coming home and all the fun;<br>Of the career he finally decided on.<br>He tells of meeting the girl who becamehis wife;<br>Of the years of happiness she brought tohis life.<br>He tells of their home and the birth ofeach child;<br>Of how much he loved her and the wayshe smiled.<br>He tells of trips they took and otherwonderful times;<br>Of reading to their children, countlessnursery rhymes.<br>He tells of the lonliness since she wentaway;<br>Of the hope they'll be together againsomeday.<br>Sadly, sometime soon those stories willcome to an end,<br>Just down the road.......around the bend.</b></font></p></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk5.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk5.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>