Another For the Road 8

June 28, 2007 The Massey Harrison She was a big red beauty Setting way up high Childhood memories Spring days turned into nights Plowing the garden In Fall, the harvest In days of Winter She pulled the teens from the ditch Dad always said if he died To dig a hole and bury Him and the Massey inside Years and a decade went by My father passed away In sickness one night The family in shambles, my mother scared Put my oldest brother in charge of the affairs One day after school, I came home and noticed "Old Red" was gone It was the first time I rebelled against my family for what they had done Possessions are surely not where the heart is But the memory of a man and his tractor today still lives