The old man ten doors down from me to many is a stranger <br />But in Europe in 1941 he fought in the gap of danger <br />Still you won't ever hear him say of how he fought for glory <br />He seldom talks about himself or tells of his life story. <br /> <br />In the fierce battle he bravely fought though the enemy did surround him <br />And he could hear his comrades moan as they died all around him <br />He received a bullet in the testicles from which he did recover <br />But that cost him his fertility as well as his young lover. <br /> <br />He could not give her children so him she would not marry <br />But he got on with living life he is a brave one Garry <br />A batchelor he never wed still regrets he don't have any <br />He will tell you his bad days were few and his good days were many. <br /> <br />A healthy one for eighty five he is as tough as leather <br />He walks to and from the park each day in every sort of weather <br />And despite the hardships he has been through he does not have a worry <br />The reaper for him has to wait he won't die in a hurry. <br /> <br />Old Garry who lives ten doors down the years have slowed him slightly <br />And he has worn the decades well for his age he looks sprightly <br />A hero back in World War 2 yet he never seeks the glory <br />And he does not wish to be well known and few know of his life story<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/old-garry/
