Memories Wait For No Man

[couchgrouch]

Memories Wait For No ManAs a kid I watched tv too muchafter school I'd scarf Captain Crunchwatch Gilligan and the Brady Bunchtill suppertimebut my dad hated the things I didhe'd want me to play catch with other kidscast lines off the old cobblestone bridgeand paint each day in my mindhe'd say, "Son, wasted time will not returnone day you'll look back and learnmemories wait for no manso catch each moment while you canmake life your toy, chase the wind like tumbleweedsbuild a treehouse, run from angry bumblebeesor it'll be to late when you understandmemories wait for no manmy wife and I got our taxes last yearwe parked a big screen by our easy chairsbut when bad tv bored us to tearsa roadtrip was the remedywe saw Coney Island on the Jersey Shorethe majesty of Mount Rushmorethe Grand Canyon where grey hawks soarand grizzlies in Yosemitenow when we reminisce on those lazy chairsjust talking about those sights puts us therecos memories wait for no manso catch each moment while you canwe drank Cold Duck on the hood of our Capriand watched the sweet day get swallowed by the seaand sharing that beauty means we understandmemories wait for no manlife's not what we own or hope to trypossessions rust...time passes byso when youth fades and we're not so youngall life is is all we've donecos memories wait for no manso catch each moment while you canmake love, have a son then teach that childhow to walk, how to pray and then run wildsooner or later we all must understandmemories wait for no man(c)2004 Robert George