Little Girl Birthday Bike
My sister Darlene little friend
wanted a bike for her birthday
more than anything.
On that special day, she
got her wish, they took
turns riding it all day.
We lived so far out in
the country, along a
lonely stretch of highway.
It was her friends
turn to ride the bike,
she didn't see the
car that sad day so
long ago,
it came up on her so fast.
She died right away,
only 11 years old, so young
to leave this world.
It was my first person
to know that died,
my sister Darlene was,
so sad, she loved
her friend so much,
I can remember this,
awful thing that happened
in 1948, when I was only
5 years old, like it was yesterday.
A day that had started out
so happy, such a tragedy
to take a life so young.
wrote 10-16-08
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