"FOR A FEW MINUTES MORE"

I drove to the back of where Narragansett Race Track used to be...Parked the truck..Locked it ..and took a walk off into the woods......Down an embankment ..across the railroad tracks...up another embankment and down the path of Autumn colors to the end where the Theres an old dirt road thats never used anymore............Upon being on the old dirt road..you can see that the seasons are changing......The trees on the other side of the river are the colors of short days to come and long cold nights.........There are a few Swans left here(Still raising Junior who just about their size now)soon they will chase Junior off and he will be on his own...........The algae on the water that was so thick before has becaome a thin sliver on the surface...occassionally set down on by the very few Insects that have made through the cold nights that are now settling down here in New England.....I look up and theres an old used Weaver Birds nest(only months ago there were little peeping babies in there Peepin away with their mouths wide open all the time).. but theres no onwe in there now..Empty and no noise................AS I go further..I come to where I used to play with my younger brother..at the little bridge...(Geeez!...That was 50 years ago?!!!)..........Oh And how Can I forget the Dogs I had that ran like hell around here?...There was Sadie(14 years) and Allie...my last dog(17 and a half years)....I can stare and imagine I see them again..Runnning like hell after some squirrel or water rat....Those were the days...But their gone now...Only I am left here with the thoughts that keeps them alive.......Awright ..best be gettin back it gets dark a lot earlier than it did in Summmer......Ive finally reached the truck...and just as Im to get in...I turn once more and scan the area and think for a few minutes more....Its nice to have Memories........And unfortunately...its back to reality..