MY PAST 75 YEARS DESCRIBED. - BY DON CARTER

My  past 75 years  described for the first time:

The pleasure of a  free country, the pleasure of a family, many great yesterday's, times of hope of fear, gifts of love, times of strength, of purpose and patience in all my past years of peace, of wars and now for each today may be on the edge of war, a treasury of wisdom, the second of beauty upon Alice birth , a set line, the mountain in the sun, half way down a cherry blossom on a black branch, the great dawns, rain drops,high blue sky, pink clouds at sunset,silk of a party gown, many moons of many new years, green hills, dark corners of my room, silent moments, a small wind, across a lawn,dew glistens in the morning sun, precious time, peacock's feathers swirl, my hand in greeting, sounds, squeaks, water, ocean, birds sing, the flowers' scent, dust bright red, baby whimpers in her sleep, sherbet and ice cream banana splits and floats, blue rushing brook, cook smoke, my eyes knew tears, naked passion, the spirit of searches, wounds, my words of love, sunlight, the moments of grandeur, the seconds of failure, the hours of trial, carried with my years, reach to the stars, eager victory, when time troubled, but i grow, i grow, this is my living time, pebbles on the beach, a happy shout, scarfs around the neck, the joy of life, running noses, paradise was home, winter was cold, summer was hot, the way God made Earth, God yes, church no, believe,  pray in private, do not need to follow, the need to lead, smoke filled rooms, bright green cucumber, sold, sale, buy, paid in cash, doo-wop-rhythm and blues, old blue eyes, the duke, the Oklahoma kid, to lose a tear, my first gun, my first pet a baby pig named egg beater, watermelons  from Oklahoma and Arkansas watermelons with seeds , with seeds all natural not generic touched by chemicals  , together in time of need, nineteen hundred and fifty five, nineteen hundred and sixty two, nineteen hundred and fifty nine, outside the limits, on the city, a dance, London at the Father Daughter Dance , invited yes i was and i danced too, holding Dylan Ace  first touch ,holding London and Alice at birth, holding Dylan Ace on the beach, my bud, my 5 brothers, pass down cloths, chocolate Garvy for breakfast, picking grapes, plumps, potatoes, irrigating corn, hoeing cotton, picking cotton, working as a shoe shine boy, work hard , learned well, sports lots of sports, succor , basketball, baseball, track, regret never learned to swim, my Mother the Angel, gateway to foreign lands,  favorite the land of the morning calm, dressed for the day, my Air Force Career, Club Management position, the best of the best, french fries under chili and floats at a 50's restaurant, the nations goals , sweet cookies and a special chocolate dish of a special dinner house Cameron and Alice visits on top of a hill near the ocean, heavy rain, i dream, my dream, strength and growing, earth, seven north stars, my life as a boy, poor, work hard, play hard, study, learn, be honest, true, always happy, quick, loved to be a loner, the need to lead , not follow, masks, never follow a fad, set the fad, music for  the body, big mistake, smoking, best happening, marriage to  Mary, birth of Alice, birth of grand children Dylan Ace and London, best gain, Cameron, 'The Man' to to take care of and love Alice never ending, travel, seen the world thanks to the United States Air Force, my life as an Air Force Sergeant with position Air Force Club Manager the best of the best, most hurtful moment , war, wars, terror by Muslims and the election of a Muslim President of the United States in 2008, my pride and best moment, being a natural born United States of America Citizen,  being born in the Sooner State of Oklahoma, knowing God in my private way,  the strength of my life, Mary, Alice, Dylan Ace, London and Cameron, The America Flag.  'GRASP THIS PASSING; ONE RAIN DROP, TOUCHED, BY THE SUN. BY DON CARTER