Back In the Day
Back in the Day
By Dane Smith-Johnsen
It was back in the day of buggy and horse
Long before cars were made,
That a small farm boy, too young for the fields
Stayed home at the cabin with me.
Since this young boy who stayed was only a tot
He with critters and bugs would play.
It was great fun almost everyday.
Watching him play from the porch.
We were more than friends romping on the land.
Brother and sister were we.
With a bond that brought angels above great joy
Seeing me with the boy.
And this is the reason it hurt so much
Watching that day from the porch,
The woeful sight came in view oh, plight.
It happened in broad daylight.
Folks working in the fields came fast
To see what help they could be.
Our older brother's gun had fired.
I saw it all from the porch.
The angels looked down with sadness and said
What a dreadful fray we see—
Yes, and Mama knew it (sixteen years old,
Is too young to have a gun.)
Oh, woeful sight in my afternoon view
His memory is clear to me.
For our bond was stronger by far than the bonds
Of those who came running to see—
Of those who full of fear did flee--
There was not one angel in Heaven above
Relieved one spot of the sadness in me
Forever together love bonded with him
Sweet feelings remembered by me.
For the heart of my brother forever entwined
With the horrible sight I did see
And my soul deep inside to that memory binds
And prays for eternity, we--
Although late at nighttime, when I kneel by my bed.
I start praying, praying for my young brother dead.
And the bonding between him and me
We shall siblings eternally be.
(Written in the style of Edgar Allen Poe)
Copyright © Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen | Year Posted 2009
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