I think that OLD MEN,
and
OLD BUCKS……..
After ALL the YEARS,
as
ADVERSARIES…
Become BROTHERS
of the Natural World
Grey in the Face
and Furrowed of the Brow
Render keen awareness of
THE HERE and NOW….
More like each other than they used to KNOW
NOW………….
Today…..
More FRIENDS than FOE….
The ties that bind……
Well……..
MUTUAL RESPECT
of their
AGE and PROWESS
Lessons LEARNED WELL
Attention to INSTINCT,
Honed Sense of SURVIVAL
Never room for Mistake….
For……
Consequences are FINAL
Seven Years for the BUCK
Seven Decades for ME….
More Changes than either thought to SEE.
That Old Buck’s world lessens by the day
More Dozers and Subdivisions always on the way.
The Old Man……….WELL..
He sits and he WONDERS
bout the world from whence he came……..
Hell Fire….
Ain’t NOTHIN’,
hardly the same……
Yep,
That Old Man
and
That Old Buck……
After ALL these YEARS……
They’ve become
“Brothers
from different
Mothers”
With a Time Seasoned
BOND of the HEART
and
of the SOUL,
and
of the WILD…….
So, next time you’re in your stand and that
Ol’ Bruiser steps out …. with that giant set of
HEAD GEAR……
Think about that
Magnificent Creature…..
and
ALL the times he’s Survived……
to Make It to this
POINT in TIME.
Savor the moment to
Drink In those Special SECONDS…
Thinking of just
How Much Alike
you both REALLY ARE….
Then………..
TAKE THE SHOT!!!
(Fire in Amongst them)
Knowing that you have completed the
NATURAL CYCLE of LIFE
Fulfilling the
NATURAL PURPOSES
of both Parties…..
ITS A BEAUTIFUL THING……
JAA
11-13-24