<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=519848" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Broken Old Ghost</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's an old man now<br>with fond memories of long gone fishing trips.<br>He sees France and Germany in his dreams<br>and recalls the sweet taste of a young frauleins lips.<br>He reminds himself daily, that once he lived<br>through the pains of the Great Depression as a kid.<br>He however tries to forget the big guns of Europe<br>that often nearly blew off his lid.<br>He thinks back<br>of the girl he used to know.<br>He wonders how she is<br>and why he ever let her go.<br>He was once young and strong<br>filled with fascination and great hopes.<br>He was taken away and used by the world<br>and now is merely a walking old ghost.<br>He walks with his old dog slow and gentle<br>they both like the feel of a cold northern wind.<br>He often sees dark and rumbling storm clouds in the distance<br>it reminds him of the SS, and makes him fear they are coming again.<br>He says a prayer in bed every night<br>hoping to pass in his sleep peacefully.<br>He fully expects one day to awake in Heaven<br>the only place where those anguished nightmares could never be.<br>He's an old man now<br>just an old ghost on his way home.<br>He's tired and weary<br>of treading this world all alone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Smoky+Hoss">Smoky Hoss</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=519848" data-title="Broken Old Ghost de Smoky Hoss" data-description="He's an old man now with fond memories of long gone fishing trips. He sees France and Germany in his dreams and recalls the sweet taste of a young frauleins lips. He reminds himself daily, that once he lived through the pains of the Great Depressi..."></div> </div> </div>

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