<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=456950" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Old Man</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He sits quietly murmuring<br>Talking only to himself<br>His eyes sunken and dark<br>A look of tiredness across his face<br>His head is slightly bowed<br>Resting upon his hand<br>He sits alone in almost darkness<br>Except for a small table lamp<br>In the far corner of the room<br>There is little in the way of light<br>Old books gather dust<br>In piles around upon the floor<br>Those stories he once read<br>The worlds to which he escaped<br>Now stacked without order<br>Like memories becoming forgot<br>A glass of vintage wine<br>Held in his thin, bone like fingers<br>Softens his pallet, soothes his throat<br>While he sits alone each night<br>In quiet conversation with himself<br>Another old man growing grey<br>Wishing on yesterdays</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Matthew+Holloway">Matthew Holloway</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=456950" data-title="The Old Man de Matthew Holloway" data-description="He sits quietly murmuring Talking only to himself His eyes sunken and dark A look of tiredness across his face His head is slightly bowed Resting upon his hand He sits alone in almost darkness Except for a small table lamp In the far corner of the..."></div> </div> </div>

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