THE GUN LAP

***** THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD DOG SIT IN A GLIDER SWING ON THE BACK PORCH  OVERLOOKING THE LAKE .

THEY WATCH THE SUN SPARKLE ON THE WATER . THAT MUST BE THE THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT GEORGE H.W. BUSH TALKED ABOUT .

THEY ARE ON THE GUN LAP NOW . YOU KNOW , THE GUN LAP . AT THE START OF THE FINAL LAP OF A RACE THEY FIRE A GUN TO LET THE RUNNERS KNOW IT IS THE FINAL LAP .

THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD DOG ARE ON THE FINAL LAP .

THE OLD MAN IS THANKFUL HE IS STILL ON THE TRACK . THESE LAST FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN A MEDICAL JOURNEY .

I AM NOT SURE IF THE OLD DOG HAS ANY IDEAL HOW WONDERFUL HIS LIFE HAS BEEN.
 SAD FACT ; SOME CHILDREN IN MEMPHIS DON'T LIVE AS WELL AS THE OLD DOG .

THE OLD MAN READS A LOT SITTING IN THE SWING . THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD DOG BOTH SLEEP A LOT .

THE OLD MAN DREAMS OF THE YESTERDAYS THAT HAVE SLIPPED AWAY . THE OLD DOG DREAMS OF THINGS TO CHASE AND KICKS IN HIS SLEEP  TO START HIS PURSUIT .

THIS QUIET LIFE IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE OLD MAN HAD BEFORE . STRESS,PRESSURE,& BATTLES TO FIGHT HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON THE OLD DUDE .

THE BATTLES THAT SEEMED SO IMPORTANT THEN DO NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE NOW.

LIFE IS FUNNY THAT WAY . ONCE YOU GOT IT FIGURED OUT , IT HAS MOVED PAST YOU . 

THE THINGS YOU STRIVED FOR PROVE TO BE WORTHLESS . THE THINGS YOU NECLECTED TURN OUT TO BE THE TREASURES .

THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD DOG WATCH THE CRANE, DUCKS, TURTLES, & SQUIRRELS DOWN BY THE LAKE . EVERY NOW & THEN THE OLD DOG IS UP FOR  A CHASE .

THE OLD MAN THINKS OF THE ONES HE SHARED LIFE'S WALK WITH . SOME HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AGAIN . SOME HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M SORRY . MOST HE WOULD JUST LIKE TO HUG .

THE NAME DOESN'T CATCH ATTENTION LIKE IT DID LONG AGO  & THE PHONE DOESN'T RING AS MUCH WITH PEOPLE ASKING HOW .

THE PAST ONLY MATTERS TO THOSE WHO LIVED IT .

NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU TRAVEL YOU ALWAYS WISH FOR ONE MORE RIDE !!!!!!!!