Old Man On A Park Bench - a photo on Flickriver

            The old man stops and exhales life, 
sitting down on a park bench, if but for a moment to rest.
He ponders the decades, his many years of strife, 
and his heart grows weary in his chest.

The elder reflects on his better years, 
and happier times that have passed him by.
What remains now is loneliness, some tears, 
and memories of a time when he might ask, why? 

Age and wisdom, he looks across the park to watch the children play
and he smiles a private, sad, but tender smile.
Was it so long ago or only yesterday? 
He closes his eyes in the sun, and decides to stay awhile. 

M.W. Ketchel
   

Taken in: Nederland / Noord-Holland / Amsterdam / De Jordaan (show map)

Taken on: August 7, 2015

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