Owl's Requiem

The rising sun has set. Night has fallen. The plow rests, tillage and toil finished. The corn ear withers, but seeds are saved. The scrolls are opened event recorded; the news spread: "The sun has set, the old Owl has flown into the Heavens." Yet, the sun will rise and peek over the horizon, the tractor will roar, a new crop will sprout, Green hands will turn brown the flag will wave, financial accounts recorded, hospitality offered, and the light of brotherhood shared. Your torch has lit fires that flicker and flame; The fledgling will grow and, hopefully, become wise; New eras and life-chapters will begin, continuing the credo as a Legacy to you: "Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve."* *National FFA Organization Motto