Today is the Date

Today is the date that John Lennon was shot. Each year at this time It affects me a lot. Not for John Lennon, Though I was a fan, But for somebody else, Whose death wasn’t the plan. My dad had a bypass, But still was alive, When I heard on the news Lennon didn’t survive. Yet sadly, my father, Two days later died, So it was for him All the tears that I cried. Still, every December The eighth, when I think Of my dad, I remember The John Lennon link. Two fine men passed away Well before it was time And though one was a murder, Both felt like a crime.