The Old Man And The Boy

The old man and the boy spent a lifetime sharing tales
Of days when the man was not so old and he’d ride on the backs ofwhales

The boy listened closely, held in awe, to the stories that heheard
And when he saw the glint in the old man’s eyes the boy didn’t doubt aword

On a sandy beach the two would walk, the man’s dog by their side
Throwing pebbles out to the sea, racing against the tide
Like guardians the two would stand with their winter coats drawntight
And in the s...