<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=363661" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Old Man</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The old man sat on a park bench <br>just watching the people pass by. <br>He did it day after day <br>alone in everyone's eyes. <br>He would smile occasionally <br>but no one ever knew why.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Everyone who saw him <br>wondered why he sat so still<br> and just looked out <br>at everyone who passed him there. <br>The old man sat in repose <br>from dawn until dusk fell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He sat there in the summer sun <br>and as winter's bleakness fell. <br>He looked for some face <br>he might remember from his past <br>so they could reminisce for a while. <br>Sadly, the years slipped away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Everyone spoke about him, <br>but no one ventured to talk. <br>Then one day the old man <br>wasn't on the park bench <br>and he was nowhere to be seen. <br>Now a different question was asked.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Day after day, the bench was empty. <br>Where had the old man gone? <br>Had he simply passed away? <br>The questions remained unanswered <br>because no one ever stopped <br>to enquire of his name.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I would like to think <br>that in the dying hours <br>on the park bench one day <br>that he had found <br>what he was waiting for <br>and then happily he faded away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">12 July 2012</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Harris">David Harris</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=363661" data-title="The Old Man de David Harris" data-description="The old man sat on a park bench just watching the people pass by. He did it day after day alone in everyone's eyes. He would smile occasionally but no one ever knew why. Everyone who saw him wondered why he sat so still and just looked out..."></div> </div> </div>

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