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When I wrote this poem it sort of wrote itself. I was just the fingers that typed it! Its message I think was very simple in that, no one is perfect and life sometimes throws us some pretty hard things to swallow! In this poem the young man had lost it all in his battle to gain material things in life. He didn't really realize what he had until it was gone! In my mind he was a hard worker and a good husband and father. He was just never there for his family physically. As you read his wife left him taking children and home. He was hurt, confused and  devastated. The old man is all alone and give's advice to the younger man. In the poem the younger man isn't even sure he really ever spoke other than to ask him to sit for a spell. At the end you noticed where the young man is alone.  The old man in his years of heart break and wisdom was trying to teach the younger man a lesson. a lesson of forgiveness, faith, strength, of letting go and moving on with his life.  In my minds eye the younger man was so dispondant and depressed. He was actually feeling as if he had nothing and no one left to live for. In his mad dash for wealth and acceptance in this world he had  lost what he later realized was the most important things in our lives, our familys!  In this story/poem the old man and the young man were one in the same! I wasn't actually looking for one  cut and dry answer at all. We are all different and all will see things differently, we are human!  I wanted you to really read and come away; I had hoped, with the message inside the story/poem of forgiveness and acceptance!  You can give the same article  for reading to a dozen people and very few will come back with the same answer when you question them. We as human's each get out of life or in this case a poem/story what we want to. Its how we precieve things and how we are conditioned to respond. I wanted to feel your response and hear your real thoughts. It becomes so automatic sometime's to just read very quickly and forget a few hours later what was really being said or what was important. In this instance, It truly did not matter to me if you saw it as I did at all. Our perceptions are what make us different and what makes the world and its people so diverse and exciting!  If anything, I wanted you to come away after reading "The Old Man" with more understanding of forgiveness, of self and others.  Maybe the Old man would be a teacher, angle, alter ego, guardian, friend, your child, etc.  Maybe, just maybe, in the reading (maybe even more than once) to find the idenity of the Old man, the message was passed on! Faith can move mountains and forgiveness can cover a mulitude of sins!  I want to thank each one of you for reading and really responding. I truly hope the intent of the poem/story touches some deep place inside you and somehow plants a seed! God Bless! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to one and all! If someone is reading this now but missed the poem, I encourage you to read it!