Dichotomy of Old Men Part 1

An unremarkable life



Hey old man…sit down and talk to this lad

Tell me what makes you happy, glad or sad

I wanna know.



Share with me your past… teach me

What will last.



I wanna know what you know

I wanna know what other’s don’t know



I wanna learn the secrets of life and rise above

The mundane struggles and strife.



Give me the secret’s locked in your mind

Don’t let me grow old and intellectually blind

to life’s secret’s, What was your purpose?



Well lad… I wish I could speak with wisdom

But whatever lessons I learned ….I did nothin with them.



I existed with little concern …I was happy with enough

I lived within the lines… without challenge.. so it was easy for me to manage

I never sought the high ground… The valley is where I stayed

Safe and secure nothing more

A life that was simple… without a ripple… I stayed within my circle.

It was never “WE” only “ME”

I never loved another and strayed far from my brother

I bared no offspring to bear my name …

Oh What a shame

I lived a life without gamble

I never reached for the stars, turned from Jupiter and Mars.

Outta my reach I easily accepted.

I stood for nothing noble

I merely did my time.

afraid to lose a dime

I went along ..to get along, no independent thought

I sought not fame or fortune nor did I risk on a future

I stayed in the middle, never solved a riddle

Loser’s do what winner’s don’t do



I hid the talents God gave and put them on a shelf behind other forgotten

Gifts… to gather dust and waste away beyond their date of expiration.

I asked not a friend or parent for advice, I never took a risk on a roll of the dice… comfort and security was my choice.

You see lad…I held my voice

I never prayed to GOD to lead me forward . I’m not a hero just a coward.

Ya wanna know what I know…

I know now… I did wrong… I have nothin to offer you lad

I sit here in this ole bar on this ole street.

Waiting for a young lad to meet.

To tell him of a life not lived. A life not lived to the fullest

A life without risk or dare, so I just sit here on this ole stool

With the vinyl torn from wear

Sipping my beer try’n hard not to look in life’s rear view mirror.

Talk’n to others about meaningless trivial matters

Wait’n on the weather



I study those living & moving about, Vibrant and alive setting goals to Achieve

Taking risks on life and believe… in a future designed by God

Nurture your talents lad and you’ll never look back on a past that’s sad absent of glad







Authored by: Paul D. Gonzales