AN OLD MAN


  I saw an old man, standing in the sand, with cane 
  in hand, Staring out at the horizon,

  I asked of him what his thought's were about,


  He stared at me with a sigh and a smile.


  "I'm one hundred and three as I look to the sea"


  "I've outlived my wife and family"


  "I've had a life, seen many wonderful things"


  "Now an old man, old as the trees"


  "I say old man! what is it like to be one hundred
  And three"

  "I don't know, I only know what it's like to be me"


  I asked of him, would you wish to again be a child,


  He replied, 'my only wish is to again see my wife's smile"


  I asked to him an old man, what's the greatest thing you 
  Have done in such a lifetime,

  His words to me were this, "I married a beautiful wife, I 
  Walked with her in the sand"

  " I saw her smile, and now here I stand"


                             Keith Garrett