Richard T Barden 1926 - 2019
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(The toast I wrote for Dad)
Toward the roses with his honor
Their peaked thorns of sacrifice
To those steeds he left unbroken
And the chimes a-pealing thrice
To the statues still in marbled earth
Countless draughts thus never spilt
To that knight left rusting in the rain
The steadfast bridges that he built
To the jester in his dancing court
The somber conscript left behind
For his queen 'midst her devotions
And his swords of heart and mind
For the master, mate and martyr
Who we laud now with our breath
And the God he loved with graces
Who now grieves us with his death.
Husband, son, father, brother, friend ...
Kanpai. <3
Copyright © Gregory R Barden, October 27, 2020
Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2021
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