The Last Poem
[Intro]
The year…
was two thousand and thirteen.
it was the end of the summer season…
[Verse]
She remembers it,
not for her accomplishments,
but for a very different reason.
It was the year her grandfather passed away,
he was a man she greatly admired.
In letters she reminisced about the poems he wrote,
as he lay beside the fire.
[Verse]
He told her…
never to speak unkindly of others,
to avoid being sued for libel.
His views on life,
came from a cold steel knife,
and not from the pages of a bible.
[Chorus]
His outlook on life
made an impact on her.
Now she doesn’t believe in God
She wanders the wilderness
Like a sheep without a shepherd.
Following in the footsteps that he trod
[IVerse]
She remembers asking him the age old question.
“What happens to us when we die?”
Through eyes that saw,
thel horrors of war,
he said….
“life after death?
That is just a lie”.
Chorus]
His outlook on life
made an impact on her.
Now she doesn’t believe in God
She wanders the wilderness
Like a sheep without a shepherd.
Following in the footsteps that he trod
[Interlude]
[Verse]
There is a special poem
That she keeps folded neatly
in the pocket of her coat.
It reminds her of her grandfather.
it was the last poem
that he ever wrote.
[outro]
Copyright Taun A. Richards 2009